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Software Engineer, XR Experiences

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Menlo Park, CAJob$154–217K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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Compensation
$154–217K/yr
Location
Menlo Park, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Meta’s Gaming & Experience team within Applied AI Engineering seeks an engineer with deep expertise in XR runtime systems and performance optimization. The role focuses on foundational runtime systems, performance APIs, and developer toolkits. The engineer will build and scale interactive, immersive, high-performance software across gaming, XR, wearables, graphics, frameworks, and core services, contributing to high-quality data production and measurable outcomes.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Software EngineeringProduction Software ShippingProgrammingPerformance ProfilingPerformance OptimizationIndependent WorkProgress CommunicationRisk CommunicationAI Workflow OptimizationEngineering StandardsCross-Platform FrameworksMulti-Surface DeliveryPrompt EngineeringContext EngineeringAgent OrchestrationData Production PipelinesML Training WorkflowsRendering PipelinesGraphics PipelinesGame EnginesXR RuntimesOS FrameworksSensor SystemsWearable SystemsResponsible AI PracticesRisk AssessmentBias MitigationQuality ReviewsAccuracy Reviews

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science or Equivalent Practical Experience6+ Years Software Engineering ExperienceProduction Software Experience in Gaming, XR, Wearables, Graphics, Frameworks, or Core ServicesC++, C#, Kotlin/Java, Swift, TypeScript/JavaScript, or Python

Full job description

Summary:

Gaming & Experience is a sub-pillar within Applied AI Engineering, dedicated to engineering excellence, deep domain alignment, and preserving the expertise needed for high-quality data production, training velocity, and technical innovation. We are looking for an engineer with deep expertise in XR runtime systems and performance optimization to focus on foundational XR runtime systems, performance APIs, and developer toolkits.

Required Skills:

Software Engineer, XR Experiences Responsibilities:

  1. As an IC engineer in Gaming & Experience, you will build and scale interactive, immersive, and high-performance software across gaming, XR, wearables, graphics, frameworks, and core services. You will work within a domain-aligned team while executing on an assigned track, contributing to high-quality data production and measurable track outcomes

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

  2. 6+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on gaming, XR, graphics, or related systems

  3. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

  4. Proven experience shipping production software in gaming, XR, wearables, graphics, frameworks, or core services

  5. Strong programming fundamentals in a relevant language (C++, C#, Kotlin/Java, Swift, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python)

  6. Experience with performance profiling and optimization on constrained or real-time targets

  7. Ability to work independently toward outcomes and communicate progress and risk clearly

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

  2. Track record of raising engineering standards across a team or org (tooling, reviews, best practices)

  3. Experience with cross-platform frameworks and multi-surface delivery (mobile, web, headset, wearable)

  4. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

  5. Experience contributing to data production pipelines or ML training workflows

  6. Depth in a specialized area: rendering/graphics pipelines, game engines (Unity/Unreal or in-house), XR runtimes, OS frameworks, or sensor/wearable systems

  7. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

Public Compensation:

$154,003/year to $217,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry: Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected].

How this job compares

Set against the 41,590 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$154–217K/yr
  • California median$165–246K/yr7,701 salary ranges
  • US median$135–217K/yr33,188 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $186K, is 10% below the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 9,586 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 41,590 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 6 years of experience; Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (33,797 postings).
Education
14,295 of the 41,590 open Software Engineer jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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