About the company
Genies is culture’s leading avatar technology company empowering humans to create their own avatar experiences. To-date, Genies has been widely adopted by cultural tastemakers and has partnerships with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group as their rosters’ “official avatar.” Genies has recently launched its consumer arm via its AR Developer Kit which allows developers to create interoperable avatar experiences for mobile and hardware AR. Their first avatar experience, Silver Studio, allows users to design and exchange digital fashion. Genies has raised $250M from investors such as Silver Lake, BOND, NEA, and Bob Iger valuing the company at $1 billion.
Job Summary
What You’ll be Doing:
📍Build prototypes of experimental features in Unity and other real-time platforms 📍Develop and implement new techniques and workflows to push the capabilities of Genies’ avatar framework 📍Collaborate with creators and engineers to optimize, integrate, and debug new content and features 📍Design and extend real-time creation tools for our users, partners, and internal studio
What You Should Have:
📍Be well versed in real-time 3D content creation, including modeling, texturing, materials, lighting, rigging, and animation 📍Professional experience with Unity for mobile or desktop target platforms. 📍Experience with Unreal or proprietary engines is also a plus. 📍Professional experience with Maya / Blender and other digital content creation tools 📍Professional experience with character dynamics and effects (clothing, hair, particles) 📍Strong understanding of 3D skeletal systems and animation (retargeting, ik, mocap) 📍3+ years experience in games, film/video, AR/VR, or related fields 📍3+ years experience with programming/scripting languages such as C#, Python, C++ 📍BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience 📍Familiarity with Git/Source Control and other change management frameworks 📍Experience with Mobile AR (AR Foundation, ARKit, ARCore and relevant APIs) 📍Practical understanding of linear algebra and data structures 📍Strong initiative, highly organized with the ability to work independently 📍Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
