Who we are
There are millions of virtual worlds people visit every day to play games, socialise, and collaborate. Today, most of those worlds are closed and disconnected walled gardens. We are on a mission to build bridges between virtual worlds.
Product
Ready Player Me is a cross-game avatar platform for developers, players, and content creators. We give players an avatar that travels with them across thousands of experiences and becomes their virtual identity. For game developers, we are an end-to-end avatar system that saves development time and helps them monetize better. Our avatar tools are used by 9000+ games, apps, and leading brands.
Present and future
We are backed by top investors like Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Plural, David Baszucki, co-founder of Roblox, Justin Kan, co-founder of Twitch, Sebastian Knutsson & Riccardo Zacconi, King Games co-founders, Konvoy Ventures, Endeavor and Samsung Next among many others.
Our team has built avatar systems for companies like Tencent, Huawei, HTC, and Verizon since 2014. We are working with well-known brands like Warner Bros, Adidas, Tommy Hilfiger, Dior, New Balance, and RTFKT.
With more than 9,000 developers and millions of users, Ready Player Me is the world's leading avatar platform.
Join us on this exciting journey and play a key role in shaping the future of self-representation in games and virtual experiences while building bridges between virtual worlds.
About you:
We are looking for a passionate and skilled 3D Software Engineer to join the team! You will focus on developing software that enables the creation, editing, rendering, and delivery of 3D avatars and 3D content into games through performant APIs. You will play a critical role in refining and amplifying our core technology, ensuring the best performance and look for our 3D avatars.
Your daily adventures will include:
- Enabling the creation, editing, rendering, and delivery of 3D avatars and content into games using performant APIs.
- Leveraging your expertise in constructing programmatic 3D or image processing pipelines.
- Collaborating with open-source 3D formats, especially glTF.
- Applying your deep knowledge of 3D concepts and optimization techniques.
- Extending the functionality of our core technology to ensure the best aesthetics and performance of 3D avatars for our customers.
What you bring:
- Strong understanding of 3D concepts.
- Experience building backend software that involves 3D.
- Expertise in utilizing Node.js to construct high-performance RESTful APIs.
- 3+ years of experience working with JavaScript, TypeScript, React, or similar technologies.
- Demonstrable experience in using SOLID Principles and Design Patterns in programming.
- Product-mindedness and a sense of design, what feels and looks good, and are excited about building delightful user experiences.
As a bonus, it would be awesome if you:
- Worked in a Startup or Scaleup before.
- Love to play games.
Why you’ll love it here:
🌏 Join our expanding team in our hubs in Estonia, Germany, the UK, and Spain.
📚 Personal development - exciting challenges mean a big impact. To reach the next level, we offer a personal learning budget.
💤 Flexible days off - we work hard, but it’s important for us to make sure people take time out to recharge.
⚡ Boost your wellbeing with our recharging budget, nurturing both your physical and mental health.
✈️ Biannual company retreats and team gatherings in our hubs; our Summer Days are legendary.
🕟 Flexible working hours - Results are more important than hours on the clock: we trust you to maintain your work-life balance.
📈 Competitive salary with equity options.
What’s life like at Ready Player Me?
At Ready Player Me, expect to make an impact and be a part of an ambitious, passionate, collaborative and caring team. We're here to do the best work of our lives, and build a world, both here and in the virtual worlds, that we can be proud of. Our focus is on working together to build outstanding experiences for our users, at the forefront of change and innovation, as the Metaverse expands. We are a trusted partner, and we continuously strive to learn together. We always seek to be smarter tomorrow than we are today. Also check out our values.
