Remote Lead 3D Engineer

Summary

Join our team as the Lead 3D Engineer and three.js expert, responsible for owning the animation system, avatar customization experience, and immersive scene creation. You will also develop interactive mini-games and ensure mobile optimization.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience with three.js and a proven track record in 3D web technology
• 4+ years React.js experience
• Expertise in frontend architecture, system design, and the development of immersive web experiences
• Experience in optimizing immersive web-based experiences for mobile devices, ensuring a seamless user experience across all platforms
• Proficiency in Blender is highly desirable
• Essential understanding of character and gaming mechanics, including springbones and blendshapes
• Experience working collaboratively with developers and 3D designers in a high-paced environment
• Ability to communicate effectively, with a knack for nurturing creativity and innovation within a team
• Commit to writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code, setting a high standard for the development team to follow

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of the animation system, ensuring scalability and support for a comprehensive library of animations and facial expressions for the AI companion’s avatar
• Own and enhance the avatar customization experience, suggesting and implementing optimizations to improve the experience without increasing code complexity
• Lead the creation of immersive scenes and environments that enrich the user’s experience with their AI companion, making each interaction unique and memorable
• Develop engaging and interactive mini-games and scenes that provide users with enjoyable, diverse experiences within the platform
• Lead the development of an optimised mobile web application to deliver an immersive yet high performing user experience on mobile devices