Instagram is seeking a talented Creative Coder to develop original and highly engaging augmented reality experiences. Your position is a hybrid of art, design, and software engineering, and you should be able to not only generate and prototype great experiences, but carry them through to polished, bug-free, performant code releases.

REQUIREMENTS

5+ years of experience writing OpenGL/GLSL Shaders and JavaScript
A link to an online portfolio showcasing your work (include link on your resume)
Demonstrated experience designing and developing interactive augmented reality, computer vision, and/or face-tracking interactive experiences
Demonstrated experience in the entertainment, video game, or digital marketing industries

BS in Computer Science or BA in Media Arts or equivalent program
Experience with Spark AR Studio or Lens Studio
Experience with creative coding frameworks like openFrameworks, Processing, Cinder, Max/MSP, Unity3d, After Effects
Experience with 3D production pipelines and integration of 2D and 3D assets into real-time applications
Experience with visual programming or visual node based applications like Unreal Blueprints, Houdini, Nuke

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RESPONSIBILITIES

Code real-time interactive experiences in GLSL and JavaScript through multiple iterations up to polished release
Prototype interactive augmented reality experiences using Spark AR Studio and other standard creative tools
Communicate interactive concepts effectively in writing, images, storyboards, and videos
Creatively solve problems in translating effects ideas into code execution
Generate new ideas for effects
Collaborate closely with art, design, engineering, product, QA, research, and partnership teams from conception to launch
Learn from data on released effects to refine existing effects and develop new ones