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The Horizon Engine team delivers the real-time Horizon product experience to visitors on all device types and clients, the runtime capabilities that Horizon Worlds creators use to create compelling content and the engineering workflow improvements that enable our teams to make faster progress. We also work across the VR ecosystem to provide data formats and travel services for immersive VR spaces.The Horizon vision is to deliver the experiences to realize a scalable metaverse: - Fast, seamless travel between immersive spaces - Amazing interactivity, visuals and gameplay in those spaces. - Terrific co-presence and social interactions with thousands of other people. - Continuity of identity, embodiment, controls, social graph, safety features, digital inventory and entitlements. We strive for a high quality player experience: - High concurrency of synchronous users (millions), and within world instances (hundreds) - Large and interesting world scenes - Fast load/travel times - Match-making that successfully groups people who enjoy playing and socializing with each other in various world experiences, and minimizes visitors to empty worlds - The privacy, performance, security and integrity required for competitive gaming and open communitiesWe power the Metaverse experiences and services across devices.
Software Engineering Manager - Horizon Engine Responsibilities:
Minimum Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
About Meta:
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
Software Engineering Manager - Horizon Engine Responsibilities:
- Build and manage a team responsible for core features that power the Horizon universe
- Design and build client applications across multiple devices
- Hiring and overall team health
- Championing an extendable application framework and driving a technical direction and execution to deliver high quality products
Minimum Qualifications:
- 7+ years professional experience as an engineer including 2+ years of hands-on technical team management or leadership
- Shipped at least one game on console, PC or mobile in a leadership role
- Background working on real-time game systems or mobile clients
- Experience shipping products requiring stringent runtime performance practices, such as complex mobile, 3D applications or games
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field
Preferred Qualifications:
- Shipped user-centric products including two-sided marketplace type ecosystems and/or 3D interactive social experiences such as games
- Virtual reality experience (Rift, Quest, Go, Gear VR, Daydream, VIVE, etc.)
- Complex real time networking experience
- Exposure to 3D interactive development
- Experience in game engines such as Unity 3D or Unreal
- Mobile experience
About Meta:
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.
Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.
Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.
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Meta
Menlo Park, CA, United States
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