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XR Engineer

AT Accenture
Accenture

XR Engineer

Houston, TX

Overview of Technology Innovation
Our software engineers and technical architects get to build cool software systems. We're combining technology, industry expertise, and entrepreneurial experience to massively disrupt our clients' core businesses, in order to propel them into the future and create better products and experiences for everyone.

You will be part of a team that is leading innovation in the VR/AR enterprise space by utilizing what is great about the game industry, while shedding some of its negative aspects. We do not crunch, our salaries are more competitive, our projects generally have shorter development cycles, and we do not layoff teams after projects are completed.

Everyone on the team is self-motivated, has a positive attitude, and great interpersonal skills. Our projects are driven by innovation, not by necessity. If you are interested in a career where your hard work is always noticed and appreciated among a team of true professionals, then this is the place for you.

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Job Description
Create World Class XR Experiences
- Work on interesting, challenging projects that have high visibility and impact
- Collaborate with the entire team, providing creative input and technical feasibility
- Communicate and collaborate with other departments on technology solutions
- Perfectly balance pragmatism and idealism when solving technical challenges and meeting deadlines
- Collaborate with development leads to define software architecture for multiple projects running in parallel
- Identify and escalate potential issues before they become issues
- Review specifications, make technical estimates, and draft technical documents for projects of all sizes
- Serve as technical point of contact for projects' clients or product owners
- Understand and optimize performance
- Work closely with other AR/VR developers
- Help interview all levels of AR/VR developer candidates, evaluate them technically and for culture fit, and articulate feedback about them
- Attend, participate in, and host the various technical training activities held in the department

Implement world-class XR Software
- Define, design, build, deliver and run the engagements, platform's and/or product's required architecture (i.e., development, operations, execution, data, application, etc.)
- Provide the work's technical conscience, defining and driving the right solution to meet the technical performance, scalability, flexibility, operations and capability needs
- Follow technology standards and use new emerging technologies
- Provide architecture Quality Assurance reviews for proposals and ongoing engagements
- Lead/support technology solutioning and estimating in proposals, planning and pricing

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Qualifications

Requirements
- Minimum 3 years' professional game or AR/VR development experience
Basic Qualifications
- C#
- Unity 5.0+
- Game design
- Linear algebra
- 3D art pipeline
- Agile methodologies
- Code management using Git
Preferred Skills:
- Minimum 2 years' AR/VR development experience
- Ability to take a development project and start it from scratch
- Strong positive attitude (during the good and during the bad)
- Able to thrive in a nimble work environment
- Expert in time management, multitasking, and task prioritization
- Project management tools, such as JIRA
- Has solid understanding of other platforms
- Unreal Engine 4.0+
- Current VR hardware
- .NET
- Unity editor modifications

Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act

We will not accept external applications from applicants located in Colorado, unless the role can only be performed in Colorado.

As required by theColorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, Accenture provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired in Colorado. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location. For the state of Colorado only , the range of starting pay for this role is

$72,400-$114,499 and information on benefits offered is here.

What We Believe

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Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. Read more here

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Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

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Locations
IL - Chicago,TX - Houston

Job ID: AccentureInc-00963466
Employment Type: Other