Lead Game Programmer

About ZAUBAR

ZAUBAR builds location-based AR experiences that turn cities into interactive layers of stories, knowledge, and entertainment. We work with leading cultural institutions, brands, and destinations to create immersive experiences in the real world.

Our next step: bringing these experiences to AI-powered glasses and enabling creators to build and monetize them through the ZAUBAR platform.

The Role

We’re looking for a senior developer who takes ownership from architecture to deployment. You will shape the core of our AR platform across mobile and emerging AR glasses.

This is a hands-on role in a small team where your decisions directly impact the product.

Tasks

• Own the architecture of our AR platform across mobile and AR glasses
• Build and ship features across Unity, native apps, and backend systems
• Develop and optimize real-time, location-based AR experiences
• Work closely with ML engineers to integrate computer vision into production
• Ensure performance across iOS, Android, and wearable devices
• Set up and improve testing, CI/CD, and release pipelines
• Collaborate with product, design, and creative teams on new features
• Review code and mentor other developers
• Direct access to the latest AR and AI glasses hardware for development and testing

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in software development
• Proven track record of shipping and maintaining products
• Strong experience in one or more of: Unity, mobile development, real-time 3D
• Experience with performance optimization on constrained devices
• Ability to design systems end-to-end and take full ownership
• Interest in AR, spatial computing, or AI-driven interfaces
• Pragmatic problem solver who gets things done

Nice to have:

• Experience with computer vision or ML integration
• Experience with AR frameworks or wearable devices
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (e.g. GCP)
• Experience with WebGL or cross-platform stacks

Benefits

• Direct access to the latest AR and AI glasses hardware for development and testing
• Build real-world AR experiences used by thousands of people
• Work on cutting-edge use cases for AI glasses
• High ownership and fast iteration cycles
• Small, experienced, interdisciplinary team
• Equity potential with real upside
• Flexible work setup (Berlin or remote in EU)

We're looking forward to your application! Please include a portfolio when submitting.