Research Engineer

Who we are 

There are millions of virtual worlds people visit every day to play games, socialise, and collaborate. Today, most of those worlds are closed and disconnected walled gardens. We are on a mission to break down virtual walls to enable a more open and connected virtual world.

Product

Ready Player Me is a cross-game avatar platform for developers, players, and content creators. We give players an avatar that travels with them across thousands of experiences and becomes their virtual identity. For game developers, we are an end-to-end avatar system that saves development time and helps them monetize better. Our avatar tools are used by 9000+ games, apps, and leading brands.
 

Present and future

We are backed by top investors like Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Plural, David Baszucki, co-founder of Roblox, Justin Kan, co-founder of Twitch, Sebastian Knutsson & Riccardo Zacconi, King Games co-founders, Konvoy Ventures, Endeavor and Samsung Next among many others. 

Our team has built avatar systems for companies like Tencent, Huawei, HTC, and Verizon since 2014. We are working with well-known brands like Warner Bros, Adidas, Tommy Hilfiger, Dior, New Balance, and RTFKT.

With more than 9,000 developers and millions of users, Ready Player Me is the world's leading avatar platform.

Come join us on this exciting journey and play a key role in shaping the future of how we represent ourselves in games and virtual worlds, while breaking down those virtual walls!

About you: 

We are looking for a passionate and skilled Research Engineer to facilitate the development of cutting-edge AI solutions for 3D avatars-related tech at Ready Player Me!

Your daily adventures will include:

• Building POCs and iterate quickly over new AI-driven product features.
• Follow the trends in AI and share your knowledge with the team.
• Collaborating closely with 3D artists and engineers to bring cutting-edge machine learning solutions to production.

What you bring:

• 4+ years of experience working with Computer Vision, Deep Learning.
• Educational background in software engineering, computer graphics, computer vision, machine learning, AI or related disciplines.
• Deep understanding of 3D pipelines and computer graphics.
• Product-mindedness: ability to see the research idea through from initial conception to eventual application.

As a bonus, it would be awesome if you:

• Worked in a Startup or Scaleup before.
• Love to play games.
  
  

Why you’ll love it here:

🌏 Work as a remote-first team anywhere in the world or in our Tallinn or Berlin hubs. We currently already have people in 16 countries.

📚 Personal development - exciting challenges mean a big impact. To reach the next level, we offer a personal learning budget.

💤 Flexible days off - we work hard, but it’s important for us to make sure people take time out to recharge.

🏖️ Holiday budget - we need your energy, so make the most of it!

✈️ Biannual company retreats and team gatherings in our hubs; our Summer Days are legendary.

🕟 Flexible working hours - Results are more important than hours on the clock: we trust you to maintain your work-life balance.

📈 Competitive salary with equity options.

What’s life like at Ready Player Me?

At Ready Player Me, expect to make an impact and be a part of an ambitious, passionate, collaborative and caring team. We're here to do the best work of our lives, and build a world, both here and in the Metaverse, that we can be proud of. Our eNPS is 82! Our focus is on working together to build outstanding experiences for our users, at the forefront of change and innovation, as the Metaverse expands. We are a trusted partner, and we continuously strive to learn together. We always seek to be smarter tomorrow than we are today. Also check out our values.