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

171k-302k $

Posted 1 month ago

Android XR Head, Technical Partner Management

Google

San Diego, USA • San Jose, USA

227k-320k $

Posted 1 month ago

Software Engineer, Mobile (iOS)

Google

San Diego, CA, USA • Mountain View, CA, USA

141k-202k $

Posted 1 month ago

Sr. AI Applications Engineer - Vision Products Software

Apple

Cupertino, USA

171k-302k $

Posted 1 month ago

Staff Software Developer, Android Extended Reality System Apps

Google

Waterloo, Canada

204k-209k CAD

Posted 1 month ago

Software Engineer - Apple Vision Pro

Apple

Cupertino, US

171k-302k $

Posted 1 month ago

Staff Software Engineer, Extended Reality Platform

Google

San Jose, USA • San Francisco, USA

197k-291k $

Posted 1 month ago

Software Engineer, Spectacles Full Stack, Level 4

Snap Inc.

Bellevue, USA • California, USA • Washington, USA

157k-235k $

Posted 1 month ago

Senior Software Engineer - XR

NVIDIA Corporation

Seattle, USA

148k-287k $

Posted 1 month ago

AR/VR Graphics Software Engineer - Personas, Vision Products Software

Apple

Cupertino, USA

147k-272k $

Posted 1 month ago

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