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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.\nNex 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.\nNex employees may be expected to collaborate with colleagues across different time zones. Depending on the role and location, occasional travel may also be required for company events, external meetings, and other business-related activities.\nImportant Notice: To protect yourself from recruitment scams, please note that Nex communicates through official company emails ending in @nex.inc. If you receive a suspicious email or message, please do not respond and report it immediately to us.\nLocation: Hong Kong \nType: Full Time\nThe Role\nAs 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.\nThe 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.\nThe Mindset\nYou 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.\nWhat You’ll Do\nDesign and develop a robust, performant, cross-platform framework for sensing, detection, haptics, and ML inference\nBuild efficient runtime execution systems and hardware abstraction layers\nDevelop developer APIs that make complex sensing and inference accessible\nOptimize for real-time performance on multimodal data streams\nWork on camera, microphone, and haptics integration\nImplement code that runs reliably across different platforms and hardware configurations\nImprove framework stability, performance, and developer experience\nWrite clean, well-tested code that maintains high engineering standards\nParticipate in code reviews and help raise the engineering bar across the team\nContribute to shared tools, infrastructure, and cross-role projects (20% Time)\nWork with the dual-leadership model (Engineering Manager and Tech Lead) to understand priorities and technical direction\nDocument systems and decisions to support team knowledge sharing\nMust Have\n3+ years of professional software engineering experience in building real-time software frameworks, cross-platform systems, or performance-critical applications\nProficiency in C++/C#, additional experience with at least one other systems language (C++, C#, Java, Rust, or Go)\nExperience with cross-platform development\nProven track record with performance optimization, real-time systems, or hardware abstraction layers\nExperience building developer APIs or software frameworks used by other engineers\nNice To Have\nExperience building real-time systems or low-latency software\nFamiliarity with computer vision, signal processing, or embedded systems\nExperience with cross-platform development or hardware abstraction\nKnowledge of performance optimization and profiling\nExperience with sensing technologies (cameras, microphones, or similar)\nFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing\nExperience working in small, high-performance technical teams\nBackground in startups, high-growth environments, or consumer product companies\nPassion for pushing technical boundaries and deep problem-solving\nWe Offer\nCompetitive compensation package.\nFlexible working hours and vacation policy.\nProduct-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.\nFront-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field\nNex is located in San Jose, California, USA and Hong Kong. Learn more about us at https://www.nexplayground.com/about. \nWe encourage applications even if you don’t meet more than 50% of the requirements - we believe that experience comes in many forms!\nNex 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. 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