Senior Developer - XR Rapid Prototyping

Nexus Studios; Greater London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading creative studio in London is seeking a Senior Developer for XR Rapid Prototyping. In this role, you'll collaborate with a small team to create impactful immersive experiences. Ideal candidates have extensive software development backgrounds, particularly in XR technologies, and enjoy solving creative challenges in dynamic environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in XR, games, or immersive media environments.
• Ability to translate creative direction into technical output.
• Experience working independently in a small, fast-paced team.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to design and implement immersive demo experiences.
• Own implementation of interaction mechanics and UI elements.
• Build rapid MVPs using native development tools and optimize performance.

Skills

Creative problem-solving

Coding in Kotlin

Fast prototyping

Debugging

Collaboration

Education

6+ years of professional software development experience

Tools

Unity

XR SDKs

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Location: Remote – able to work 10am – 7pm UK time

Type: 5-6 months initial contract

Start Date: July 2025

Nexus Studios is a global creative studio working with award-winning directors across animation, artful live-action and immersive to redefine the boundaries of entertainment. Our work has received accolades from BAFTA, Emmy, Grammy, Academy Awards to name a few. We work with the world’s leading cultural brands and have a deep rooted history in innovation, XR and crafted storytelling.

The Role

We’re building a fast-moving, small-footprint XR prototyping team responsible for delivering high-impact immersive demos to showcase a forthcoming product. These prototypes are short-cycle, visually striking, and designed to capture the imagination of prospective partners and stakeholders.

As Senior Developer, you’ll be the core hands-on programmer working under the guidance of the Tech Lead, bringing ideas to life quickly and confidently. You'll write code that enables stunning visuals, experimental interaction, and rapid iteration—balancing aesthetic quality with pragmatic delivery.

You should thrive in experimental environments, be excited by creative problem-solving, and enjoy crafting elegant technical solutions—even when the tools are still evolving.

Requirements

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate with the Tech Lead, Technical Artist, and creative stakeholders to design and implement real-time immersive demo experiences.
• Own the implementation of interaction mechanics, UI elements, and spatial features across short-cycle prototypes.
• Build rapid MVPs using native development tools, Kotlin, Jetpack compose and modern XR SDKs.
• Translate creative direction into performant and visually compelling technical output.
• Prototype and test features across a variety of devices and screen contexts.
• Debug, optimize, and polish code for stability and fluid visual output—even when working with placeholder systems.
• Contribute to light documentation and technical insight to inform future product team development.
  
  

What You Will Bring

• 6+ years of professional software development experience, ideally with 2+ years working in XR, games, or immersive media environments.
• Strong skills in Kotlin or similar modern languages, and hands-on experience with spatial development workflows.
• Strong creative instincts and an ability to bridge technical and visual goals.
• A maker mentality: quick to prototype, comfortable with iteration, and eager to try new tools or approaches.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently in a small, fast-paced team.
• Flexibility and resourcefulness in working with incomplete or experimental SDKs and tooling.
  
  

Preferred Experience

• Prior work on XR/AR/VR prototypes or short-format real-time demos.
• Familiarity with spatial SDKs, computer vision APIs, or novel interaction models.
• Comfort working with real-time engines (Unity), even if not primary tools.
• Collaborating closely with artists, designers, and creative leadership in iterative pipelines.
• An understanding of real-time constraints on mobile or wearable devices.
• Experience writing shaders (GLSL or equivalent) and working in real-time rendering environments.
  
  

Benefits

This is a Nexus-led role on a team that sits at the heart of our innovation and storytelling capabilities. You'll be working on the edge of what’s possible, helping to shape immersive experiences that will go on to inform a much larger product vision. If you’re passionate about real-time creativity and like turning big ideas into elegant technical realities, we’d love to talk.

Nexus Studios is proud to work with extraordinary talent as an equal opportunity employer. We embrace individuals of all backgrounds regardless of gender, race, age, abilities or sexual preferences. Our recruitment process is merit-based, ensuring fair treatment to every applicant.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

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  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Media Production

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