Company Description:

VNTANA is a fast-growing privately held company that is an end to end solutions for premium mixed reality experiences. We have more than doubled every year since inception in 2012 and our clients include Nike, Intel, Adidas, Microsoft, Lexus, and other Fortune 1000 companies. VNTANA is based in Van Nuys, CA but does work globally. There are 16 full-time employees who are building the future of mixed reality, plus 50 contractors trained on how to install our equipment and create hologram content on the VNTANA Platform. VNTANA’s organization culture is considered key to its success and can be characterized as open, entrepreneurial, nonpolitical, fun (wins are celebrated – often with laser tag tournaments!) and accountable. Employees are referred to as team members and they are enthusiastic, positive, highly resourceful, good team players, and “winners” -successful in what they do. To support our amazing team we provide great benefits – health, dental, vision, family leave, 401K match, and unlimited vacation.

Mission:
The Mission of the Senior 3D Graphics Engineer is to work with the various 3D formats, architect an automated pipeline for 3D model conversion/shading and cross-platform consumption, design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code for VNTANA Cloud Platform. There will be a fair amount of 3D mathematics/geometry and programming involved. The person in this position must foster teamwork and a spirit of collaboration among team members across departments.

This role has some late nights and weekends required dependent on project deadlines. This position will report directly to the EVP of Engineering.

Responsibilities:

• Architect a pipeline for converting multiple 3D formats into multiplatform friendly assets (e.g. glTF, USDZ, Unity Asset Bundles).
• Help to build an efficient 3D model optimization pipeline.
• Candidate will be involved in a lot of research and development working closely with 3D Graphics Scientists to helping to create future-prove technologies in 3D asset delivery space. Expect to get your hands dirty in 3D math/programming.

Minimum Requirements:

• In-depth experience with software development and programming fundamentals knowledge.
• Vertex and Fragment shaders.
• General purpose algorithms and data structures.
• General purpose algorithms in geometry processing.
• Experience with the latest 3D formats.

Any of the following are bonuses:

• Knowledge of various server-side and front-end scripting languages.
• Understanding of Rest APIs

Specific Measures of Success:

• 95% of code does not require fixes after deployment.
• At least a 7/10 rating from team members in quarterly 360 reviews.
• 7/10 code review rating measured by “code cleanness”, “generalized and extensible code”, “no refactoring required” categories.
• 95% of deployed features are always optimized for faster load time light on memory load.

Interview Process:
VNTANA uses the Topgrading methodology, which requires a job history form which will be sent pending interest in your application. A final step in the hiring process is for candidates to arrange personal reference calls with former supervisors and others we may choose. There are three reasons for this;

• Your development. Candid insight of managers and others can be used to help you move smoothly into your next job and can help you create a powerful Individual Development Plan.
• Verification. Discussion with former managers and others will add credibility to the information you have provided throughout the hiring process.
• Ease. It’s difficult for us to get former supervisors and others to talk with us, but high performers can arrange for those personal discussions.

Full-time Benefits include:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• PTO
• Paid Family Leave
• 401K match
• Job Type: Full-time