Virtual Reality Developer Jobs | VR Engineering & SDK Experts

Virtual reality developer jobs are centered on building interactive 3D applications that feel comfortable, responsive, and believable inside a headset. VR teams ship everything from games and social worlds to enterprise training, simulation, therapy, and visualization tools. The work combines real-time software engineering with an understanding of human comfort and spatial interaction.

Most VR engineering roles are built on Unity (C#) or Unreal Engine (C++/Blueprints), often with OpenXR as the runtime layer. Day-to-day responsibilities can include implementing interaction systems (grabbing, UI pointers, hand tracking), physics and locomotion, haptics, audio spatialization, and in-world UI. Developers also tune performance and rendering to hit stable frame rates, reduce motion-to-photon latency, and avoid stutter. For standalone headsets, careful memory and GPU budgeting is part of the job.

Many teams work with platform SDKs for device-specific features such as passthrough, scene understanding, eye tracking, or advanced input. You may also collaborate with 3D artists and technical artists to ensure assets are optimized (LOD, batching, light baking, shader complexity). Multiplayer and social VR roles can add networking, voice, and moderation systems, while enterprise roles may involve device management, authentication, and integration with existing services.

Keywords to look for include Unity or Unreal, OpenXR, XR Interaction Toolkit, SteamVR, headset performance optimization, and real-time 3D. The strongest VR engineers demonstrate both technical depth and a practical understanding of the user experience inside a headset.

With salary only68 jobs

Product Management Lead, ER Device

Google

San Jose, USA

183k-271k $

Posted 11 days ago

Sr. Software Engineer - Systems & Rendering Performance (Freeform), Vision Products Software

Apple

Cupertino, USA

201k-302k $

Posted 14 days ago

Senior 3D Designer / Product Visualiser - Remote - Contract

PlayStation

London, UK

Posted 15 days ago

Software Engineer, Full Stack (Spectacles)

Snap Inc.

Zurich, Switzerland

Posted 15 days ago

Manager, Software Engineering, XR Platform

Unity Technologies

San Francisco, USA

153k-230k $

Posted 16 days ago

Software Engineer, Spectacles Mobile, Level 4

Snap Inc.

Bellevue, USA

157k-235k $

Posted 16 days ago

Staff AI Software Engineer, Rapid Prototyping

Google

New York, NY, USA • Mountain View, CA, USA

197k-291k $

Posted 17 days ago

Software Engineering Mixed Reality

Microsoft

Redmond, United States

100k-199k $

Posted 17 days ago

AR/VR Software Engineer - Capture, Vision Products Software

Apple

Cupertino, USA

126k-190k $

Posted 19 days ago

Software Engineer, Open XR Experience

Google

Taipei, Taiwan

Posted 19 days ago