Senior XR Engineer (Unity)

Controlla is a seed-stage, VC-funded music tech startup building interactive songs that allow fans to control—and participate in—music from the creators they love. Fans can directly support artists, and both fans and artists can benefit from the creation of derivative works as remixes, collaborations, memes, and more.

Controlla is developing a new music format, a new business model, and a new relationship framework for the future of music.

The job

Controlla is seeking a full-stack XR engineer to develop in Unity. This is an opportunity to be a founding-stage developer and a key contributor to a company riding multiple waves of dramatic social, technological, and commercial disruption. At its core, the job is designing, building, testing, and maintaining new services, features, and products that enable music creators to offer immersive experiences to their fans.

Working individually and in small groups, this person will design and develop market probes and experiments that help us test our hypotheses and beliefs as we search for product-market fit. You’ll be collaborating with other engineers, designers, product managers, and marketers to rapidly scope, define, build, and deploy experiences to creators.

You will

• Experiment with new value for our creators in games, metaverses, and other immersive environments. From blockchain (NFT, tokenization, web3) to extended reality (augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality), to multimedia (music, audio DSP and machine learning, 3D graphics, and visualizations).
• Deliver significant innovation and problem solving in software engineering and technology architecture.
• Support creation and maintenance of new or evolving existing offerings and assets, while evaluating the value that new capabilities could unlock for Controlla, creators, and fans.
• Be comfortable doing things for the first time, embrace the possibility of failure (and learning from it), and have disruptive orientation.
• Check in new code contributions daily.

What we’re looking for

• Computer Science degree or equivalent software development experience
• Advanced C# skills and experience in Unity (5.0+ strongly preferred)
• Desire to learn and grow, and able to quickly adapt to new technologies and tasks
• Passion for music, creators, and innovation
• Excitement about XR, web3, and the possibilities in these spaces
• Performance mindset with ability to self-measure goals and progress
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and ability to build relationships with a distributed team
• Experience building and improving media systems, such as music or audio, graphics, animation, visualization, etc.
• Experience with existing AR/VR technologies, such as ARCore, ARKit, OpenXR, Oculus, Windows Mixed Reality, Magic Leap, etc.

You might also have

• 3D math understanding
• Some experience with UX design, game design, and UX for AR/VR
• Professional game or AR/VR development experience
• Experience with Agile methodologies and managing code in Git
• Ability to take a development project from scratch to in-market while navigating ambiguity
• Prior early-stage startup experience

How to apply

Send an email to jobs at controlla.xyz with the position title in the subject line. Include at least two of the following: your resume or CV, LinkedIn, portfolio, Github, or anything else you think might help us get a feel for why you might be a fit for this opportunity.

Working at Controlla

Controlla is a seed-stage, VC-funded music tech startup building interactive songs that allow fans to control—and participate in—music from the creators they love. Fans can directly support artists, and both fans and artists can benefit from the creation of derivative works as remixes, collaborations, memes, and more.

We make it easier for more people to make a living as a music creator. We believe that fans are accustomed to interactive media, lead by social, gaming, and metaverses. We believe that people want to put their own spin on the media they enjoy: remix and memetic culture. And we believe that we have an opportunity to renegotiate the relationship between creators and fans through interactive music experiences.

We offer competitive salary and generous medical, dental, and vision coverage from the first day of employment. We have a flexible, remote working environment, self-managed paid time off (that we actually use), and paid parental and family leave.

Our Values

We give a damn about how we show up for each other, creators, and the world.

• Trust: openness, transparency
• Kindness: patience, humility, vulnerability
• Ownership: accountability, integrity, autonomy
• Fast: bias for action, build fast, adapt fast
• Open-minded: expect change, experiment and learn
• Personality: diverse, inclusive, fun, silly
• Creator-oriented: we exist to serve creators

Controlla, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. Therefore, we provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. If there are preparations or accommodations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know.