Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents, Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun, social, and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion, encouraging kids and adults to move more, play more, and have fun together. Nex Playground, the company’s award-winning active play system, is purpose-built to get families moving year-round, with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE+ COPPA compliant and built to support healthy, active play for all ages and abilities.
Nex Playground features a growing library of 50+ experiences, including motion and dance games, fitness and educational experiences, and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro, Sesame Workshop, and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s Best Inventions, and Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and has earned Red Dot, IDEA, and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore Have Fun and Is Motion Gaming Back?, as they offer a deeper look into our culture, values, and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations.
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Location: Hong Kong or Remote
Type: Full Time
As a Software Engineer at Nex, you will contribute to building the technical foundations that power our platform's most demanding capabilities. In the Framework Engineering track, you will own the design and development of our cross-platform software framework for detection, sensing, haptics, and ML inference. You will build the real-time systems, hardware abstraction layers, and developer APIs that enable multimodal interaction on Nex Playground.
The offers the opportunity to work on deeply technical problems in machine learning systems, data infrastructure, sensing technologies, and real-time inference. You will be part of a small, highly technical team that values both specialization and collaboration, with clear ownership of core technology areas.
The MindsetYou are drawn to solving complex technical challenges at the intersection of research and production engineering. You care deeply about building systems that are reliable, performant, and maintainable. You thrive in environments where technical depth matters, where your expertise in ML systems, distributed computing, or real-time software directly shapes what the platform can do.
What You’ll Do- Design and develop a robust, performant, cross-platform framework for sensing, detection, haptics, and ML inference
- Build efficient runtime execution systems and hardware abstraction layers
- Develop developer APIs that make complex sensing and inference accessible
- Optimize for real-time performance on multimodal data streams
- Work on camera, microphone, and haptics integration
- Implement code that runs reliably across different platforms and hardware configurations
- Improve framework stability, performance, and developer experience
- Write clean, well-tested code that maintains high engineering standards
- Participate in code reviews and help raise the engineering bar across the team
- Contribute to shared tools, infrastructure, and cross-role projects (20% Time)
- Work with the dual-leadership model (Engineering Manager and Tech Lead) to understand priorities and technical direction
- Document systems and decisions to support team knowledge sharing
- 3+ years of professional software engineering experience in building real-time software frameworks, cross-platform systems, or performance-critical applications
- Proficiency in C++/C#, additional experience with at least one other systems language (C++, C#, Java, Rust, or Go)
- Experience with cross-platform development
- Proven track record with performance optimization, real-time systems, or hardware abstraction layers
- Experience building developer APIs or software frameworks used by other engineers
- Experience building real-time systems or low-latency software
- Familiarity with computer vision, signal processing, or embedded systems
- Experience with cross-platform development or hardware abstraction
- Knowledge of performance optimization and profiling
- Experience with sensing technologies (cameras, microphones, or similar)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
- Experience working in small, high-performance technical teams
- Background in startups, high-growth environments, or consumer product companies
- Passion for pushing technical boundaries and deep problem-solving
- Competitive compensation package.
- Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
- Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
- Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field
Nex is located in San Jose, California, USA and Hong Kong. Learn more about us at nex.inc/who-we-are.
We encourage applications even if you don’t meet more than 50% of the requirements — we believe that experience comes in many forms!
Nex is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all individuals at every stage of the employment relationship, including all current and prospective employees, and covers all employment decisions including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, discipline and termination.
We are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment and to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.
Skills Required
- 3+ years professional experience building real-time software frameworks, cross-platform systems, or performance-critical applications
- Proficiency in C++ and/or C#
- Experience with at least one additional systems language (Java, Rust, or Go)
- Experience with cross-platform development
- Proven track record with performance optimization, real-time systems, or hardware abstraction layers
- Experience building developer APIs or software frameworks used by other engineers
What We Do
Nex is helping families reconnect with the joy of movement through fun, social, and interactive content that’s accessible to all ages. Its award-winning Nex Playground console, launched in December 2023, uses cutting-edge AI, mobile and vision technologies to merge digital and physical worlds, immersing players in the experience using their natural body movement. Nex Playground games range from original sports and fitness titles, to educational games and titles in collaboration with Hasbro and Sesame Workshop. Since its founding, Nex has been recognised as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s Best Inventions, Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and has been awarded the prestigious Apple Design Award. Nex Playground is also kidSAFE+ COPPA certified, highlighting the company’s firm stance on privacy and safety for kids and families. To learn more, visit https://www.nex.inc or follow the company on Instagram and Facebook. See current job openings at https://www.nex.inc/careers
