Apex Systems is looking for a Technical Lead to support our client's AR/VR engineering teams.

This is a 6-month W2 contract opportunity, with the expectation that it will extend every 6 months. This is a hybrid opportunity and will require 2 days a week on-site. Candidates can be located in either Houston, TX or San Ramon, CA.

Requirements for Technical Lead (Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality)

Job Description

This is a technical leadership role in XR solution that will guide and lead other practitioners.

In this role, you will ensure quality technical delivery, reduce technical debt, and drive modernization.

Coach engineers to build with engineering discipline through mentoring and design or code reviews.

Advocates for automation and automated provisioning practices; reusability, testing, modularity, scalability, observability, and integration.

Effectively communicates with both technical and non-technical audiences and translates the needs of the end-users to the engineering team.

Documents established patterns and adapts solutions to fit new use cases.

Essential requirements

• Must have at least 5 to 7 years in a technical leadership role
• At least 3 to 5 years of experience in XR solutions across a wide range of XR solutions
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or computer engineering field.
• Must have developed AR/VR solutions for at least 2/3 years.
• Must have experience deploying AR/VR solutions for wide consumption.
• Must have led technical design and given direction to a development team toward AR/VR solutions
• Must have experience working in a multi-vendor and multi-application environment
• Must have worked throughout the software development lifecycle with a focus on operationalizing solutions
• Ability to build relationships and a willingness to learn and develop is essential to be successful in this role. He/ she will need to proactively reach out to Business and work with architects and software engineers to gain alignment and deliver on commitment.

Experiences

Technical Lead (Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality) -

• Senior software engineer that Extended Reality (XR) solutions (Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), and Mixed Reality (MR)) in compliance with company guardrails and industry best practices
• Experience with HMDs, Android application frameworks, and deployment
• Modern web application development
• DevOps tooling
• Digital Content Creation workflows (ex: Blender, Unity, 3ds Max)
• Familiarity with Learning Management Systems (SCORM), WebAR, and Connected Worker systems
• Understanding of non-functional characteristics of XR technologies, performance requirements, scaling infrastructure resources, rendering constraints, and mechanisms for consuming rich media
• Experience with patterns for distributing and updating applications to mobile marketplaces and deploying web applications; Experience with design patterns