Unity XR Engineer — Wearable AR/VR Specialist

Insight Global; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a Unity XR Engineer to drive XR development for next‑gen wearable devices in London, integrating OpenXR across Unity content. You will adapt rendering, input, and UI for wearable experiences and optimize performance under strict constraints.

Collaboration with platform and content teams will be essential to improve end‑to‑end user experiences, with a focus on porting across VR/AR/MR platforms and delivering robust developer guidance.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience developing Unity applications using C#.
• Experience shipping XR applications across VR/AR/MR platforms.
• Strong understanding of Unity rendering pipelines (URP or Built-in).
• Experience optimizing graphics performance, draw calls, and GPU workloads.
• Experience with OpenXR and XR technologies beyond standard plugins.
• Experience porting projects across gaming, XR, mobile, or console environments.

Responsibilities

• Port Unity XR applications to wearable devices using OpenXR.
• Adapt rendering, input, and UI for wearable and AR experiences.
• Transform VR interfaces into spatial AR experiences with world-space UI.
• Identify and resolve OpenXR platform integration challenges (input, rendering, compositor).
• Profile and optimize performance within memory, frame rate, and power constraints.
• Create technical docs and developer guidelines for XR content on wearables.
• Collaborate with platform engineering and content teams to improve end-to-end UX.

Skills

Unity

C#

OpenXR

Unity rendering URP/Built-in

Tools

OpenXR

Job description

Insight Global seeks a Unity XR Engineer to drive XR development for next‑gen wearable devices in London, integrating OpenXR across Unity content. You will adapt rendering, input, and UI for wearable experiences and optimize performance under strict constraints.

Collaboration with platform and content teams will be essential to improve end‑to‑end user experiences, with a focus on porting across VR/AR/MR platforms and delivering robust developer guidance.