At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and build software for cutting-edge eyewear technology.
- Company: Specs Inc., a Snap Inc. subsidiary, innovating digital eyewear experiences.
- Benefits: Paid parental leave, medical coverage, mental health support, and competitive pay.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and innovation.
- Why this job: Join a team transforming how we interact with the world through technology.
- Qualifications: Strong C++ skills and experience in computer vision or related fields.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Specs Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Snap Inc., develops advanced eyewear that seamlessly integrates digital experiences into the physical world.
What you’ll do:
- Design, build, and support software systems, tools, and workflows that enable computer vision development for Spectacles.
- Develop production‑quality C++ and supporting infrastructure for CV-related pipelines, tooling, and internal developer workflows.
- Improve the reliability, quality, and efficiency of CV development, validation, and calibration workflows, with a focus on eye‑tracking calibration.
- Build tools and workflows to evaluate calibration quality, diagnose failures, and improve robustness across devices, users, and environments.
- Build high‑quality, maintainable, and performant code with strong testing and operational standards.
- Participate in code and design reviews.
- Work closely with computer vision, platform, product, and infrastructure teams to turn research and prototypes into robust engineering solutions.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Strong software engineering skills in C++ or solid experience in a systems language with the ability to ramp quickly on C++ and experience building high‑quality, performant, and maintainable software with strong unit and functional testing practices.
- Experience supporting geometric computer vision, eye tracking, calibration, perception, imaging, sensors, or other technically adjacent workflows.
- Experience building tools, libraries, pipelines, or infrastructure for calibration, validation, debugging, and performance analysis.
- Familiarity with numerical methods, optimisation, and measurement quality metrics for real‑world CV systems.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with high attention to detail.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2+ years of post‑Bachelor’s software development experience; or Master’s degree in a technical field + 1+ year of post‑grad software development experience; or PhD in a relevant technical field.
- Industry software development experience building production systems, tools, or infrastructure.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience building and shipping high performance software.
- Experience with eye‑tracking systems, gaze estimation, or calibration workflows.
- Experience with geometric computer vision, camera or sensor calibration, or related production CV systems.
- Experience working close to hardware, sensors, operating systems, or resource‑constrained devices.
- Practice designing reusable APIs, tooling, platforms, or developer workflows.
Benefits:
Our benefits include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and competitive compensation packages that allow employees to share in Snap’s long‑term success.
Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.
