About the company
Genies is culture’s leading avatar technology company empowering humans to create their own avatar experiences. To-date, Genies has been widely adopted by cultural tastemakers and has partnerships with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group as their rosters’ “official avatar.” Genies has recently launched its consumer arm via its AR Developer Kit which allows developers to create interoperable avatar experiences for mobile and hardware AR. Their first avatar experience, Silver Studio, allows users to design and exchange digital fashion. Genies has raised $250M from investors such as Silver Lake, BOND, NEA, and Bob Iger valuing the company at $1 billion.
Job Summary
What You’ll be Doing:
đź“ŤEngineering: Implement user-friendly and visually stunning XR prototypes based on Product Design Descriptions using Unity and other real-time platforms suitable for both headwear and mobile devices, including iOS, Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro đź“ŤTechnical Design: Using your design expertise, translate high level design documents into specific avatar interaction and game design details for a high quality and memorable user experience đź“ŤAutonomous Development: Break down high level User Stories into Milestones and Tasks, collaborating with your Lead in an Agile process to ensure predictable completion times of longterm XR Roadmap goals
What You Should Have:
đź“ŤExperience developing XR products and prototypes autonomously, including time management, prioritization of tasks, and cross-department communication đź“ŤExpertise in content creation for XR, including a working knowledge of shader development, lighting, rigging/IK, blendshapes, and animation đź“ŤThorough understanding of the latest XR technologies, developer kits, and computer vision sensors đź“ŤStrong understanding of 3D skeletal systems, state machines, and animation techniques to support embodiment and avatar interaction đź“ŤExperience with formal design process or hunger to learn đź“Ť7+ years of experience in senior roles focusing on XR in games, spatial computing, virtual production, or related fields đź“ŤAdvanced programming/scripting skills in languages such as C#, C++, Objective-C, Swift, Java đź“ŤFluent in Agile workflows and Object Oriented design principles
