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We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.\nThe Company operates Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world, and Specs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary dedicated to making computing more human, in addition to Bitmoji, Saturn, and other digital services.\nSpecs Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Snap Inc. dedicated to making computing more human. The company develops Specs, advanced eyewear that seamlessly integrates digital experiences into the physical world.\nSpecs feature see-through lenses that place digital objects directly into three-dimensional space, powered by Snap OS, a proprietary, context-aware operating system designed for natural interaction with your hands and voice.\nSpecs Inc. also provides Lens Studio, a full suite of advanced developer tools that powers immersive augmented reality experiences across Specs, Snapchat, and other services.\nWe’re looking for an AR Engineer to join the Lenses Platform team at Snap Inc!\nWhat you’ll do:\nAdvance and build the holistic look, feel, and flow of interactions and interfaces for all user-facing software on Spectacles.\nMaintain and expand the consistent and unified user experience across the entire Snap OS software platform.\nCreate and empower spatial experiences through our human-centered and multi-modal interactive and UI systems, which enable natural and intuitive interactions in augmented reality.\nContribute to the technical planning and execution of complex user-facing AR applications, driving architectural decisions and technical direction from concept to delivery.\nDesign and implement deep integrations with system-level features, services, and platform APIs to extend AR application capabilities and deliver seamless user experiences.\nBuild performant real-time 3D applications optimized for resource-constrained AR hardware.\nPartner across Engineering, Design, Product, Program Management and other disciplines to define and execute the roadmap for AR applications and use-cases.\nMentor and develop other AR Engineers, elevating team capabilities and fostering technical growth.\nKnowledge, Skills & Abilities:\nStrong 3D math and software engineering fundamentals with data structures and algorithms.\nProven ability to build complex technical projects and drive architectural decisions.\nExcellent collaboration and communication skills working across Engineering, Design, Product, and Program Management disciplines.\nExperience mentoring engineers and elevating team technical capabilities.\nMinimum Requirements:\nBS / BA degree or equivalent years of experience.\n2+ years of experience building real-time 3D interactive applications with any 3D engine / framework (such as C#, Unity, C++, Unreal, JavaScript, TypeScript, Lens Studio, Three.js, Babylon.js, Godot).\nTrack record of tech leading complex user-facing spatial applications from concept through delivery.\nExperience integrating with native/OS services, system-level features, and platform APIs.\nDemonstrated ability to build performant real-time applications on resource-constrained devices.\nPreferred Requirements:\nDemonstrable passion for creating spatial experiences.\nExperience using AI as part of your engineering workflow, including how you plan, build, verify, review, and learn, with sound judgment about when and where to leverage it.\nExperience defining technical roadmaps and driving cross-functional alignment.\nExperience partnering with platform, infrastructure, or systems teams to influence API design and service capabilities.\nUnderstanding of modern UI frameworks and patterns, especially for real-time 3D applications.\nUnderstanding of building real-time applications that interface with external services.\nFamiliarity with shaders and technical art.\n\"Default Together\" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week.\nAt Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.\nWe are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).\nOur Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!\nCompensation\nIn the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. 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