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

SLAM Engineer - XR Labs Europe - Amsterdam Netherlands

Qualcomm

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Posted 2 months ago

Sr. Software Engineering Manager, Media Processing- Vision Products Group

Apple

Cupertino, USA

228k-393k $

Posted 2 months ago

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

Google

San Jose, US • Seattle, US

166k-244k $

Posted 2 months ago

Creative Technologist

Google

Mountain View, CA, USA

151k-222k $

Posted 2 months ago

Sr. AR/VR/AI Experience Prototyper

Apple

Cupertino, USA

181k-318k $

Posted 3 months ago

L4 Software Engineer, C++, Spectacles

Snap Inc.

Bellevue, USA

157k-235k $

Posted 3 months ago

FY26 Intern - Engineering Internship in XR (CV, ML or Game Engine) - 6 months, Austria

Qualcomm

Salzburg, Austria • Vienna, Austria

Posted 3 months ago

AR Engineer, Level 4

Snap Inc.

Los Angeles, USA

133k-235k $

Posted 7 months ago

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