Software Engineer (Retail Demo)
Reports to: Head of Developer Experience
Location: Hong Kong
Travel: (Rarely) International travel to the EU, Japan or the US
Time Zones: Will collaborate across time zones with clearly defined overlap windows.
Type: 6-month contract (with the possibility to convert or renew)
The Role
Nex Playground is redefining how families play — bringing motion-based, camera-powered gaming into the living room. A key part of our go-to-market motion is the in-store retail demo experience, where customers at retailers like Target, Costco, and Walmart get hands-on with Nex Playground games before they buy.
We are looking for a Software Engineer (Retail Demo) to innovate and iterate on the overall end-to-end retail demo experience. It involves a dedicated motion-base activation / launcher, showing our users what our technologies can do and how fun it is.
You will be working with a focus team to maintain the software involved. We will also be doing regular updates to showcase our latest games and events.
What You'll Do
Innovate and iterate on our motion based retail demo launcher — It will be the first touch point our potential customers interact with at the retail store.
Maintain customizations per region — Including localization, age rating and other legal compliances specific to the country / region.
Performance tuning and optimization — Ensure that our software run smoothly.
Maintain integration library that allow other games to integrate with retail demo — Implement common lifecycle event handling to stitch experience together.
Work with our publishing to handle periodic content update / refresh — Including integration with various CMS systems to fetch the latest information.
Work closely with QA — Ensure the whole retail demo experience is robust and stable.
Must Have
Hands-on experience with Unity game development.
3+ years of software development experience.
Experience working with software involving multiple components / systems.
Fierce empathy for our users and potential customers.
Should Have
An obsession with code and product quality.
Experience with tooling and automation.
A growth mindset, always looking for more.
Excitement about working in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.
Nice to Have
Prior experience working with retailers or location base activations.
A love for staying active and healthy, with a passion for helping others do the same.