Systems Engineer - Real-Time Games & XR Experiences

Meta; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a systems engineer to push frontier AI models toward games and interactive experiences on real devices. You will optimize frame pacing, device performance, and cross-platform porting while enabling responsive networked experiences and scalable tooling.

Work involves integrating AI tools to redesign workflows and improve efficiency, with a focus on performance, reliability, and collaboration across teams. You will own systems end-to-end from design to production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience building and shipping games, applications, or interactive experiences to production.
• Experience testing, debugging, and optimizing interactive applications for performance and reliability.
• Experience with the systems layer of interactive software, such as frame pacing, threading, app lifecycle, or platform integration.
• Programming experience in C++, C#, Kotlin/Java, Swift, or shader languages.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements).
• Experience porting applications across platforms, form factors, or input devices.
• Experience building networked real-time or multiplayer experiences.
• Experience with performance profiling tools such as RenderDoc, Perfetto, PIX, or Instruments.
• Experience with game engine technology such as Unity or Unreal, or with real-time graphics and shader pipelines.
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development and staying current with emerging AI technologies.
• Experience adhering to responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews).
• Experience building spatial or XR experiences, including sensor-driven input such as hand tracking and gaze.
• Experience with graceful degradation strategies across varied hardware and thermal conditions.
• Exposure to large language models or generative AI application development.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize interactive experiences that meet performance targets across frame rate, latency, and resource efficiency on real devices.
• Develop cross-platform solutions that adapt to different hardware capabilities, form factors, and input methods.
• Design and implement networked real-time experiences that remain responsive under varying network conditions.
• Create evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and tooling to assess and improve model-generated experiences.
• Collaborate across teams to drive initiatives that improve training data quality and model capabilities.
• Own components or systems end-to-end, from design through production.

Skills

Production-ready game development

Cross-platform optimization

Real-time systems

Performance profiling

Networking for real-time experiences

C/C++

Threading

AI tooling integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

RenderDoc

Perfetto

PIX

Instruments

Unity

Unreal

Job description

Meta is seeking a systems engineer to push frontier AI models toward games and interactive experiences on real devices. You will optimize frame pacing, device performance, and cross-platform porting while enabling responsive networked experiences and scalable tooling.

Work involves integrating AI tools to redesign workflows and improve efficiency, with a focus on performance, reliability, and collaboration across teams. You will own systems end-to-end from design to production.