# Senior Product Engineer

**Company**: World Labs
**Location**: San Francisco
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $250,000 - $325,000 base salary
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/worldlabs/jobs/4089337009
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## Description

We're looking for a Senior Full Stack Product Engineer who thrives at the intersection of product and engineering. As a player coach, you'll own product features end-to-end,from ideation through to building responsive, user-centric web apps and backend generative AI services and APIs. You'll also collaborate closely with our research team to bring cutting-edge AI research to life in real-world applications.

Responsibilities:

* Work as a Sr. Product Engineer to develop and ship products with a user-centric approach.
* Develop and optimize web-based 3D graphics tools and applications.
* Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, from design to deployment, including working directly with early testers and design partners to solicit user feedback.

Key Qualifications:

* Strong track record in developing and shipping successful products.
* 6+ years of engineering experience and proven ability to operate effectively in startup environments as an early-stage engineer or founder, demonstrating adaptability and ownership.
* Experience in building user-focused web applications.
* Proficiency in modern web application technologies for frontend (e.g., TypeScript, React, Node.js) and backend services, and a strong understanding of web architecture.
* Experience and strong curiosity in working with AI tools.
* Excellent problem-solving abilities and a strong foundation in computer science principles.
* Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a focus on delivering high-quality, impactful solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Experience in 3D graphics programming and shader development, particularly web frameworks such as WebGL and three.js. Experience building applications around generative image, video, or 3D models is particularly valuable.
* Experience working with generative AI, machine learning, neural rendering, etc.
* Contributions to open-source graphics or machine learning projects.
* Experience building real-time collaborative tools and applications.
* Experience working in VFX, gaming, 3D design, or other industries that focus on high-fidelity visual outputs.

Who You Are:

* Player coach: We are looking for strong product engineers who have played pivotal roles in successful product development and launch cycles.
* Fearless Innovator: We need people who thrive on challenges and aren't afraid to tackle the impossible.
* Resilient Builder: Impacting Large World Models isn't a sprint; it's a marathon with hurdles. We're looking for builders who can weather the storms of groundbreaking research and come out stronger.
* Mission-Driven Mindset: Everything we do is in service of creating the best spatially intelligent AI systems, and using them to empower people.
* Collaborative Spirit: We're building something bigger than any one person. We need team players who can harness the power of collective intelligence.

Experience Level: senior
Employment Type: full-time
Workplace Type: onsite
Category: Engineering
Industry: Technology
Salary Range: $250,000 - $325,000 base salary
Required Skills: TypeScript, React, Node.js, web architecture, AI tools, problem-solving, computer science principles, communication, collaboration
Preferred Skills: 3D graphics programming, shader development, WebGL, three.js, generative AI, machine learning, neural rendering, open-source graphics, real-time collaborative tools, VFX, gaming, 3D design

## Skills

### Required
- TypeScript
- React
- Node.js
- web architecture
- AI tools
- problem-solving
- computer science principles
- communication
- collaboration

### Nice to have
- 3D graphics programming
- shader development
- WebGL
- three.js
- generative AI
- machine learning
- neural rendering
- open-source graphics
- real-time collaborative tools
- VFX
- gaming
- 3D design