Responsibilities
- Lead the technical vision and architecture for next-generation XR game engine, graphics, and SDK features.
- Drive graphics research and innovation involving advanced rendering, performance optimization, and XR-specific rendering pipelines.
- Architect and evolve developer-facing SDKs for external creators building XR experiences.
- Collaborate with OS, engine, product, and hardware teams on performance, latency, and visual quality.
- Prototype emerging technologies including ray tracing, foveated rendering, neural graphics, and eye and face tracking integration.
- Mentor and grow graphics and engine engineers while setting technical direction.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience in game engine development, 3D graphics, or rendering systems with a record of shipping high-performance graphics features.
- Deep expertise in modern rendering pipelines, shader programming with HLSL, GLSL, or SPIR-V, and graphics APIs such as Vulkan, Direct3D, Metal, or OpenGL ES.
- Advanced proficiency in C/C++ and low-level systems programming, with strong performance and memory expertise.
- Strong knowledge of game engine architecture, including rendering, physics, input, animation, and asset pipelines.
- Understanding of modern mobile or console graphics pipelines and hardware constraints.
- Preferred: experience designing developer-facing SDKs, APIs, or frameworks.
- Preferred: AR/VR/MR development, XR runtime infrastructure, or spatial computing experience.
- Preferred: expertise in 3DGS, neural rendering, or real-time ray tracing.
- Preferred: Unreal, Unity, or custom game engine experience, especially graphics or low-latency input pipelines.
- Preferred: compute shaders, GPU-driven rendering, or heterogeneous computing experience.
- Preferred: familiarity with native Android development, Android Services, IPC, and NDK.
- Preferred: open-source contributions or published work in graphics, engines, or related fields.
Tech Stack
Categories
About ByteDance
ByteDance is a global incubator of platforms at the cutting edge of commerce, content, entertainment and enterprise services - over 2.5bn people interact with ByteDance products including TikTok. Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. We are committed to building a safe, healthy and positive online environment for all our users. We have over 110,000 employees based in more than 30 countries globally. Join us.