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

Sr. AR Applications Engineer - Vision Products Software

Apple

Cupertino, USA

139k-258k $

Posted 1 month ago

Software Engineer, Platforms and Devices, Android Extended Reality

Google

San Jose, USA • Seattle, USA

166k-244k $

Posted 1 month ago

React / React Native Developer (3–6 Years Experience)

Metadome.ai

Bengaluru, India

Posted 1 month ago

XR Perception Systems Engineer

Qualcomm

Bangalore, India

Posted 1 month ago

AR/VR, iOS Development Engineer

Apple

Cupertino, USA

139k-258k $

Posted 1 month ago

Software Developer III, Mobile, iOS, Extended Reality

Google

San Jose, USA • Waterloo, Canada

141k-202k $

Posted 1 month ago

Sr. AR/VR Software Engineer - UI Frameworks, Vision Products Software

Apple

Cupertino, USA

132k-244k $

Posted 1 month ago

Sr. AR/VR Applications Engineer - Vision Products Software

Apple

Cupertino, US

181k-318k $

Posted 1 month ago

Software Engineer, Spectacles Full Stack, Level 5

Snap Inc.

Bellevue, USA • California, USA • Washington, USA

178k-313k $

Posted 1 month ago

Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Varjo

Helsinki, Finland

Posted 1 month ago

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