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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 Internship (June 1, 2027 - August 31, 2027)\nThe Role\nThe Core Technology team builds the systems that allow Nex Playground to use cameras, microphones, and other sensors to understand player movement and interactions in real time.\nAs our Software Engineer Intern (Engineering, Core Technology), you will work across the technology stack behind these experiences. You may build real-time software that runs on Nex Playground, create internal tools for preparing and reviewing datasets, improve camera and hardware integrations, or automate how we train, evaluate, optimize, and deploy machine learning models.\nYou will collaborate with software engineers, ML researchers, and game teams to investigate real-world problems and turn new ideas into reliable technologies that can be used in games. You will receive hands-on mentorship while owning meaningful work that contributes to our products and engineering capabilities.\nWhat You Will Do\nBuild real-time software for motion tracking, cameras, audio, and ML inference.\nDevelop tools that help engineers prepare datasets and train, evaluate, optimize, and deploy ML models.\nImprove reliability and developer experience through visualization, debugging, performance analysis, and automated testing.\nCollaborate with engineers and researchers to bring experimental technologies into games.\nShould Have\nMust be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program at an accredited college or university.\nSolid foundation in software development and computer science fundamentals.\nProgramming experience in any language.\nStrong problem-solving and debugging skills.\nStrong communication and collaboration skills.\nCuriosity about real-time systems, machine learning systems, cameras, sensors, or hardware.\nExcited to learn and work across different parts of the technology stack.\nNice To Have\nExperience with C++, C#, or Java.\nInterested in computer vision, ML inference, cameras, audio, or embedded systems.\nInterested in building developer tools, web or desktop applications, or data workflows.\nInterested in profiling, automated testing, CI/CD, or DevOps practices.\nEnthusiastic about games, interactive physical experiences, and helping people be active and healthy.\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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