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

Software Engineer, Open Extended Reality Experience

Google

Taipei, Taiwan

Posted 1 month ago

XR Technical Lead, AI Interactions - San Jose or Mountain View

Google

San Jose, USA • Mountain View, USA

197k-291k $

Posted 1 month ago

Software Engineer, Spectacles Full Stack, Level 5

Snap Inc.

Bellevue, USA • Los Angeles, USA • San Francisco, USA

209k-313k $

Posted 1 month ago

CoreOS Firmware Engineer

Software Engineer, OS

AR/VR Applications Engineer, Vision Products Software

Apple

United States

147k-272k $

Posted 1 month ago

XR Technical Producer

Lucid Reality Labs

Remote, Poland

Posted 1 month ago

AR/VR UI Frameworks Engineering Manager - Vision Products Group

Apple

Cupertino, US

178k-308k $

Posted 1 month ago

Senior Privacy Engineer, Android, Extended Reality/AR/VR

Google

San Jose, CA, USA • Seattle, WA, USA

166k-244k $

Posted 1 month ago

Staff Mixed Reality Engineer

Varjo

Helsinki, Finland

Posted 1 month ago

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