Software Engineer, Framework Engineering
Location: Hong Kong or Remote
Type: Full Time
The Role
As a Software Engineer at Nex, you will contribute to building the technical foundations that power our platform's most demanding capabilities. In the Framework Engineering track, you will own the design and development of our cross-platform software framework for detection, sensing, haptics, and ML inference. You will build the real-time systems, hardware abstraction layers, and developer APIs that enable multimodal interaction on Nex Playground.
The offers the opportunity to work on deeply technical problems in machine learning systems, data infrastructure, sensing technologies, and real-time inference. You will be part of a small, highly technical team that values both specialization and collaboration, with clear ownership of core technology areas.
The Mindset
You are drawn to solving complex technical challenges at the intersection of research and production engineering. You care deeply about building systems that are reliable, performant, and maintainable. You thrive in environments where technical depth matters, where your expertise in ML systems, distributed computing, or real-time software directly shapes what the platform can do.
What You’ll Do
Design and develop a robust, performant, cross-platform framework for sensing, detection, haptics, and ML inference
Build efficient runtime execution systems and hardware abstraction layers
Develop developer APIs that make complex sensing and inference accessible
Optimize for real-time performance on multimodal data streams
Work on camera, microphone, and haptics integration
Implement code that runs reliably across different platforms and hardware configurations
Improve framework stability, performance, and developer experience
Write clean, well-tested code that maintains high engineering standards
Participate in code reviews and help raise the engineering bar across the team
Contribute to shared tools, infrastructure, and cross-role projects (20% Time)
Work with the dual-leadership model (Engineering Manager and Tech Lead) to understand priorities and technical direction
Document systems and decisions to support team knowledge sharing
Must Have
3+ years of professional software engineering experience in building real-time software frameworks, cross-platform systems, or performance-critical applications
Proficiency in C++/C#, additional experience with at least one other systems language (C++, C#, Java, Rust, or Go)
Experience with cross-platform development
Proven track record with performance optimization, real-time systems, or hardware abstraction layers
Experience building developer APIs or software frameworks used by other engineers
Nice To Have
Experience building real-time systems or low-latency software
Familiarity with computer vision, signal processing, or embedded systems
Experience with cross-platform development or hardware abstraction
Knowledge of performance optimization and profiling
Experience with sensing technologies (cameras, microphones, or similar)
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
Experience working in small, high-performance technical teams
Background in startups, high-growth environments, or consumer product companies
Passion for pushing technical boundaries and deep problem-solving