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

Test Engineer, Display Manufacturing, Raxium

Google

Fremont, CA, USA

147k-216k $

Posted 1 month ago

Product Data Scientist, Android XR

Google

Mountain View, CA, USA

132k-189k $

Posted 1 month ago

Software Developer III, Mobile, iOS, XR

Google

San Jose, USA • Waterloo, Canada

141k-202k $

Posted 1 month ago

AR/VR Realtime Rendering and Graphics Software Engineer - RealityKit, Vision Products Software

Apple

Cupertino, USA

181k-318k $

Posted 1 month ago

Technical Experience Designer - Apple Vision Pro

Apple

Cupertino, USA

171k-302k $

Posted 1 month ago

Technical Operations Engineer

Google

Fremont, USA

115k-166k $

Posted 1 month ago

Senior Android Systems Engineer

Varjo

Helsinki, Finland

Posted 1 month ago

XR Developer Relations Manager

NVIDIA Corporation

Santa Clara, USA

184k-299k $

Posted 1 month ago

Research Scientist, Extended Reality, Hand Tracking

Google

San Jose, USA • New York, USA • Los Angeles, USA

141k-202k $

Posted 1 month ago

System Software Engineer - Apple Vision Pro

Apple

Cupertino, USA

126k-190k $

Posted 1 month ago

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