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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.\nReports to:Head of Developer Experience\nLocation:Hong Kong\nTravel:(Rarely) International travel to the EU, Japan or the US\nTime Zones:Will collaborate across time zones with clearly defined overlap windows.\nType: 6-month contract (with the possibility to convert or renew)\nThe Role\nNex Playground is redefining how families play - bringing motion-based, camera-powered gaming into the living room. A key part of our go-to-market motion is the in-store retail demo experience, where customers at retailers like Target, Costco, and Walmart get hands-on with Nex Playground games before they buy.\nWe are looking for a Software Engineer (Retail Demo) to innovate and iterate on the overall end-to-end retail demo experience. It involves a dedicated motion-base activation / launcher, showing our users what our technologies can do and how fun it is.\nYou will be working with a focus team to maintain the software involved. We will also be doing regular updates to showcase our latest games and events.\nWhat You'll Do\nInnovate and iterate on our motion based retail demo launcher - It will be the first touch point our potential customers interact with at the retail store.\nMaintain customizations per region - Including localization, age rating and other legal compliances specific to the country / region.\nPerformance tuning and optimization - Ensure that our software run smoothly.\nMaintain integration library that allow other games to integrate with retail demo - Implement common lifecycle event handling to stitch experience together.\nWork with our publishing to handle periodic content update / refresh - Including integration with various CMS systems to fetch the latest information.\nWork closely with QA - Ensure the whole retail demo experience is robust and stable.\nMust Have\nHands-on experience with Unity game development.\n3+ years of software development experience.\nExperience working with software involving multiple components / systems.\nFierce empathy for our users and potential customers.\nShould Have\nAn obsession with code and product quality.\nExperience with tooling and automation.\nA growth mindset, always looking for more.\nExcitement about working in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.\nNice to Have\nPrior experience working with retailers or location base activations.\nA love for staying active and healthy, with a passion for helping others do the same.\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. 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