Software Engineer, Niantic Labs
Mapping Services
$158.4-176k
+ Bonus + Equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Augmented reality software development
Job no longer available
Augmented reality software development
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$158.4-176k
+ Bonus + Equity
More information about location
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To use emerging augmented reality (AR) technology to enrich our experiences as human being in the physical world.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 4+ years of experience in software engineering, 2+ years focusing on server backend services and data pipelines
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, C++, JavaScript, or Python
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles
- Familiarity with cloud services (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice
- Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including synchronous interactions with others
Desirable
- Experience with geospatial data processing and map technologies, familiarity with geo data sources like OpenStreetMap
- Experience with geospatial databases and geoquery tools (e.g., Postgres, BigQuery)
- Working knowledge of web-based 3D rendering using WebGL technologies such as Three.js
What the job involves
- Niantic’s Engineering Team is searching for a Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer to develop and refine advanced mapping and geospatial data services that support our games, applications, and the Lightship developer community
- In this role, you will be responsible for constructing data pipelines that assimilate geospatial information from multiple sources and transform it into formats ready for use
- You will also develop backend services and APIs to supply the processed geodata to both internal and external clients, potentially involving backend service integrations and frontend/client solutions
- You will work closely with other developers in a small, tightly knit team to build these solutions
- Build and maintain scalable map data pipelines for processing data from diverse sources into servable formats for various levels of details
- Innovate and maintain services and APIs for delivering POIs and semantic map data according to customers' needs
- Collaborate with various teams and stakeholders to weave services into their offerings, providing support with data analysis and ongoing maintenance
- Perform code reviews, maintain high coding standards, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our development processes
- Contribute to the entire product release cycle, including QA testing, load testing, and the establishment of metrics, monitoring, and alerts
- Troubleshoot and optimize performance for map-related services to ensure seamless user experiences
- Collaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholders, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings
Our take
Niantic Labs is a software development company creating augmented reality mobile games, such as Monster Hunter Now, Pikmin Bloom, and Pokémon GO, that encourage players to go outside, explore, and meet people. The company was formed in 2010 as an internal startup within Google. Since its inception, hundreds of millions of people have used its products and services.
Although Niantic made a name for itself in the mobile gaming industry through the success of Pokémon Go, the company is hoping to become a platform for other developers to build location-aware AR apps on top of. In 2022, it released a location mapping software for AR, allowing AR experiences to be grounded to a physical location, like the front of a building or a park monument, rather than just floating aimlessly through a phone’s camera view.
Niantic plans to use this platform for an AR-based metaverse, an alternative to Meta’s plans for a VR-based metaverse that renders us bound to VR headsets. The company believes that an AR metaverse on a 3D map of the world will play a critical role in the next transition in computing, and raised funds to make this vision a reality in 2021.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Nov 2021
$300m
SERIES D
Dec 2018
$245m
SERIES C
Total funding: $774.3m
Company benefits
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- Parental leave transition assistance by Maven
- Fertility benefits with Carrot
- Robust medical, dental, and vision insurance including 100% paid employee healthcare
- 100% of premiums for long-term and short-term disability and life insurance
- Mental healthcare access by Spring Health and EAP
- Increasing paid time off with tenure
- Five flex days per year to attend Niantic community events or volunteer
- Company-wide shutdown between Christmas and New Year
- 401(k) match
- Equity options
- Compare and refinance loans with Credible’s online loan marketplace
- Wellness Reimbursement: We build our platform and games to give our players even more reasons to get outside, explore the world, and lead more active lifestyles, so we offer monthly gym, internet, and cell phone reimbursements to help our teams do just that.
- Commuter benefits and subsidization: To allow you to set aside money every month for both parking and transportation
- Donation Matching: Niantic gives enables employee donation matching and volunteer opportunities. Each employees can request a Niantic match of up to $500 per employee, each year.
- Legal Services and Identity Theft: ARAG’s legal services provide protection for many legal matters incurred by you, your spouse, or your children.
Company HQ
Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
John Hanke
(CEO)Having studied for an MBA at UCB, John worked as a Producer for 3DO before co-founding Big Network and Keyhole. He then spent over 11 years at Google as VP of Product, before leaving in October 2015 to found Niantic.
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