Senior Engineer - Social Experience

Join the VRChat Team!   VRChat offers a first-of-its-kind, game-changing platform that provides an endless collection of social VR experiences and gives the power of creation to its robust community. With over 250,000 worlds and growing, VRChat’s vision is to allow users to bring their imaginations to life and help shape the metaverse anywhere in the world on any device. VRChat has raised $100M to date with the support of investors, Makers Fund, Anthos Capital and HTC. We have a great team which includes people from: Netflix, Twitter, Meta, Microsoft, Roblox, Google, Amazon, Unity, Spotify, Discord, Uber, eBay, Robinhood, Twitch, Zynga and TikTok. Come and join the mission!   Job Overview   We’re looking for a frontend engineer to join our Social Experience team. You will be instrumental in developing and refining the client-side features that enhance how our users connect, interact, and discover content and communities together, including improving group and event experiences. This role involves working within the Unity engine and C# to build high-quality, performant, and engaging user interfaces and systems.

What You'll Do

• Work within a full stack team to develop, implement, and maintain new features within the VRChat client using Unity/C#.
• Focus on enhancing social systems, building the UI/UX for groups, events, and other community interaction features.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers across the stack to translate product and design vision into functional code through informed tradeoffs and accurate estimates.
• Contribute to all stages of the feature lifecycle, from initial concept and prototyping to deployment and post-launch iteration and maintenance.
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks and bugs to ensure a smooth and responsive user experience across various platforms.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain a high bar for code quality, architectural integrity, performance, and reliability while spreading knowledge across the team.

Qualifications

• 2-5+ years of professional experience developing software, preferably in game development, social platforms, or client-side application development.
• Proficiency in C# and strong working knowledge of the Unity game engine.
• Experience with client-side development for social features, user interfaces, or similar consumer-facing applications.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming principles and software design patterns.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).An agile, collaborative mindset and excellent communication skills, capable of working effectively in a remote, cross-functional team environment.

Bonus Points

• Experience developing native applications for iOS (Swift) or Android (Kotlin).Familiarity with web technologies, particularly React or Express.
• Experience building responsive and cross-platform user interfaces with Unity and uGUI.
• Experience optimizing Unity projects for performance across various hardware, including standalone VR devices.
• Familiarity with API integration (REST/JSON) and WebSockets.
• Demonstrated interest in online communities, VR, or VRChat (as a user or creator).

Benefits

• Work from anywhere! VRChat is a 100% remote company offering flexible working hours in combination with core hours supporting real-time collaboration
• Health Benefits
• 401K for US & Group RRSP for Canadian Employees
• Stock Options
• Generous paid holiday schedule
• Unlimited/flexible vacation time
• Paid parental leave benefits