Double Eleven is one of the top three independent games publishers and developers headquartered in the UK. Trusted with some of the world’s biggest IPs, currently collaborating on Minecraft Dungeons with Mojang Studios, Prison Architect with Paradox Interactive, and Fallout 76 with Bethesda Game Studios, as well as working on other unannounced projects.As a developer, our relationships with other developers are paramount as we understand the hard work required in the industry. ‘Port +ing’ became our bread and butter and is what pays the bills and allows us to take really good care of our team and their families. That’s why Double Eleven was started, to be able to make great games and still spend time with our families, challenging some of the conventional wisdom of how a development studio and publisher should run.

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Niantic's AR Mapping team seeks a Computer Vision Software Engineer to build 3D world maps for their real-world Metaverse.  Responsibilities include designing, developing, and maintaining production computer vision systems to enhance AR capabilities, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions, optimizing system complexity and time, writing high-performance code, and working with the research team to innovate in AR. The role involves working on solutions that will be used by millions.  The ideal candidate will have a Master's degree (or equivalent) in a related field and experience in production code (C++), computer vision, and machine learning.  In-office work is required two days a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays).

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<div class="job__description body"><div>Niantic’s Augmented Reality (AR) Mapping team seeks a Computer Vision Software Engineer to help build the 3D world maps that are the foundation for Niantic’s real world Metaverse and push the frontiers of Computer Vision and Machine Learning.
We are building the VPS and visual maps that help develop AR experiences to “inspire people to explore the world together”.
We’re a highly collaborative and engaging team, working to help algorithms evolve from concept to production at scale, and this is your chance to join us in our journey to map the world. We are all passionate about innovation, so we’re looking for engineers who want to learn and ship products that will be used by millions of developers and users.
<h3>Responsibilities</h3>
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<li>Design, develop and maintain production computer vision systems that are used to improve Niantic’s AR capabilities for the delight of our users.</li>
<li>Collaborate multi-functionally with products, operations and other engineering teams to ship state-of-the art computer vision solutions to enable new AR experiences.</li>
<li>Optimize complexity and time of solutions to make the best use of current technologies in cloud and/or mobile.</li>
<li>Write high performance code, debug solutions to complex problems that span systems, prioritize tasks effectively, and efficiently to meet agreed timelines.</li>
<li>Work with Niantic’s research team to invent, evaluate and help productionise solutions to push the boundaries of what can be done today in AR.</li>
<li>Collaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholders, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.</li>
<li>Required in-office 2 days on Tuesday and Thursday.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Qualifications</h3>
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<li>Master-level qualification in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.</li>
<li>Experience writing production code in C++.</li>
<li>Solid understanding of computer vision, machine learning or similar concepts.</li>
<li>Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to solve practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle dynamic situations with little advance notice.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate effectively through written and verbal communications, including asynchronous interactions with others.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Plus If…</h3>
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<li>PhD-level qualification in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.</li>
<li>Demonstrated ability developing algorithms for image processing, computer vision or similar endeavors.</li>
<li>Experience implementing, hardening or optimizing 3d gaussian splatting, dense depth computation, multi-view reconstruction or other problems in 3D computer vision.</li>
</ul>
The total compensation package for this position includes a new hire offer base salary range of £87,300.00-£126,000.00 + bonus + equity + benefits.
Individual pay within this salary range is determined by work location and additional factors, including assessed job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can answer any questions about new hire total compensation during the hiring process. An overview of benefit offerings for your location can be found on the careers page.
<h3>Join the Niantic team!</h3>
Niantic's global-scale augmented reality platform and digital map powers spatial computing experiences in the real world. Incubated out of the Maps team at Google, Niantic first created Ingress and then Pokémon GO, a cultural phenomenon and hit game played by tens of millions of people each month. Niantic’s Lightship platform, which powers Pokémon GO, also supports the company's other games including Pikmin Bloom, Peridot and Monster Hunter Now. Developers use Niantic’s platform to build their own AR applications and experiences, either with the Lightship Platform or directly through the web with 8th Wall.
We believe that cultivating a workplace where our people are supported and included is essential to creating great products our community will love. Our mission emphasizes seeking and hiring diverse voices, including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the technology industry, and we consider this to be one of the most important values we hold close.
Niantic is a hybrid first company. We believe that in person interaction and collaboration fosters creativity, a sense of community, and is critical to our future success as a company. Our hybrid work schedules allow for a mix of remote and in-office work.
We're a hard-working, fun, and exciting group who value intellectual curiosity and a passion for problem-solving! We have growing offices located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Bellevue, Kansas, London, Tokyo, Hamburg, Hyderabad, and Zurich. #LI-HYBRID</div></div>

Lead and mentor a team of quest and narrative designers in creating and iterating designs for a AAA IP live service game. Collaborate across disciplines on quest implementation, ensuring quality and efficiency. Work closely with franchise partners and the Game Director to establish a vision for future quest content. Plan and oversee the creation of narrative and quest content for game updates, expressing the game's story through gameplay and activities. Produce various deliverables, including schedules, design documents, and marketing materials. Collaborate with production to manage the quest schedule and ensure timely delivery of high-quality quests.  Requires extensive experience in quest design, narrative structure, and live service environments.

<section aria-labelledby="job-description-title" class="styles--3vx-H" data-ui="job-description"><h2 id="job-description-title">Description</h2><div>We’re looking for a Lead Quest Designer to join our award winning team in Middlesbrough (UK), home to the beautiful North Yorkshire coastline and countryside.&nbsp;As a Lead Quest Designer at Double Eleven, you’ll be leading the Quest Design Team for one of the largest and most well-known AAA IP’s, joining a development studio in a very senior, decision-making Design capacity. You’ll help mentor, grow and guide a highly creative team of Quest &amp; Narrative Designers to create, develop, and implement content-driven experiences for our players. You’ll be accountable&nbsp; for overseeing the creation of memorable player experiences in an ongoing live service environment. You will be a key contact in our partnership with a world-renowned developer and publisher, on a household-name franchise.This role would suit a candidate who has excellent, multi-title experience in Quest Design but who also has a strong understanding of narrative structure, systems and mechanics, IP research, lore and writing in a live service environment.As a global gaming company, we've enabled millions to conquer Minecraft Dungeons, battle in Rust Console Edition and create new adventures in Fallout 76.&nbsp;Recently, we collaborated with Rockstar Games to bring Red Dead Redemption to the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 as well as partnered with Obsidian Entertainment on Grounded: Fully Yoked Edition for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 and 5.&nbsp;Double Eleven is a place where our people come first. Our 400-person team proudly represents over 30 nationalities.We strive to avoid crunch, we offer flexible working hours to allow you to truly enjoy work/life balance whilst making great games and any overtime is always planned, optional and paid.&nbsp;We can support UK relocation and have both a dedicated People and Operation teams on standby to assist you.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interested? We kindly ask all applicants to submit a portfolio to support their application. We’re afraid applications without an accompanying portfolio will not be considered and on this occasion, we’re unable to sponsor a visa for this role.&nbsp; What you’ll be doing<ul> <li>Lead and mentor a team of quest and narrative designers through creating and iterating designs and implementing best practices.</li> <li>Collaborate across disciplines regarding quest implementation scope, quality, efficiency and workflow to create a cohesive game experience.</li> <li>Collaborate closely with franchise partners and Game Director to establish and drive a vision for what quest content will look like going into the future.</li> <li>Collaborate with Game Director, Project Leads, Project Client and Design Manager to concept and plan themes for each update.</li> <li>Plan and oversee the creation of narrative and quest content for each update of the game.</li> <li>Help express the story of the game via excellent exploration, gameplay and activities.&nbsp;</li> <li>Produce deliverables such as schedules, pitches, design documents, scripts and marketing materials.</li> <li>Collaborate with production to handle the quest schedule, ensuring the team can deliver high quality quests on time.&nbsp;</li> <li>Promote, contribute to and participate in our culture of inclusion and diversity.</li> <li>Champion work life balance for the Quest and Narrative team.</li> <li>Serve as an active partner in the Double Eleven Design Team leadership group.</li> </ul>What we’re looking for<ul> <li>Previous experience leading and guiding a team through at least one project’s life cycle.</li> <li>A strong desire to succeed through others by understanding their needs, advocating on their behalf, and providing support and guidance as required.</li> <li>Extensive experience in quest content or outdoor world repeatable content.</li> <li>Experience in being responsible for designing significant chunks of game content from concept to completion.</li> <li>Previous&nbsp; experience of leading and managing others.</li> <li>Strong writing and editing skills.</li> <li>A strong understanding of narrative systems and structures.</li> <li>The ability to deep dive DNA research into various IPs and franchises.</li> <li>Lead and support the development of comprehensive Narrative and Lore documentation, enabling multi-discipline access.</li> <li>Experience of working with a variety of established game toolsets.</li> <li>The ability to consider feedback from multiple conflicting viewpoints and provide design guidelines for teammates to make the best overall decision.</li> <li>The ability to effectively communicate in both written and verbal format.</li> <li>Presenting and pitching skills.</li> <li>Experience in Live Services is desirable</li> <li>Experience working on AAA titles is desirable</li> <li>Experience providing direction in the development of major features is a bonus</li> </ul>Qualifications<ul><li>All relevant qualifications considered</li></ul>What to expectSome of our benefits include:Working life at Double Eleven&nbsp;<ul> <li>Start your day any time between 8:00am and 10:00am</li> <li>35 working hours per week with a 1 hour lunch break (with the opportunity to flex down to 30 minutes or up to 2 hours)</li> <li>Opportunity to apply for hybrid working&nbsp; (up to 2 days working from home per week)&nbsp;</li> <li>28 days annual leave (20 days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday)&nbsp;</li> <li>1 day leave for your birthday and 1 day leave if you’re moving house</li> <li>Up to 10 days discretionary annual leave during our end of year break</li> <li>Potential for annual performance bonus</li> <li>5 additional days annual leave for 5 years service and a further 5 days annual leave for your 10 years service milestone</li> <li>A brand new, state-of-the-art studio facilities that includes a market hall serving nutritious, subsidised meals, round-the-clock gym access, an auditorium and more</li> <li>Free breakfast options, juice, hot drinks and fruit</li> <li>Employee referral bonus (up to £2000!)</li> <li>Cycle to Work scheme</li> <li>Free game codes, game swag and merchandise</li> <li>Family-friendly leave available</li> <li>Christmas Saving Scheme</li> <li>Free parking</li> <li>Best-in-class tools and workflows so you can focus on creativity</li> </ul>Professional development and wellbeing<ul> <li>Vitality Private Healthcare, discounts and rewards for you, your spouse and children (upon the successful completion of your 6 month probationary period)&nbsp;</li> <li>Access to mental health and wellbeing support via Plumm (includes 4 free video therapy sessions per month for both the employee and up to 3 family members aged 18+), unlimited text therapy, courses, meditations</li> <li>A personalised development plan with dedicated support from our Learning team</li> <li>Access to an accredited Academy providing professional qualifications (and access to 500 UK discounts and offers via TOTUM when registered as a student)&nbsp;</li> <li>A dedicated Workplace Experience team responsible for work environments, workplace and quality of employee life services to help foster collaboration, creativity and innovation</li> <li>In-studio wellbeing programmes and People team support</li> </ul>Team life&nbsp;<ul> <li>Free activities via our Bus Tours programme (where on occasion, partners and children are welcome to join you)&nbsp;</li> <li>Many team events to celebrate team and game milestones</li> <li>Sponsored team activities including football, basketball, book club, movie club and more&nbsp;</li> <li>Opportunity to contribute to our internal Employee Diversity and Equality Network</li> </ul>Our recruitment process consists of two stages:Stage One: A quest design test, followed by a Q&amp;A session.Stage Two: A scenario-based assessment focused on people management skills, accompanied by an in-person interview.The closing date for this vacancy is January 8th; however, we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible!Ways to reach usIf you have a general query or if you need support with your application and/or an alternative way to apply, please do not hesitate to contact our Talent team at <a tabindex="0" data-role="button-link" class="button--2de5X button--14TuV tertiary--1JsWJ external" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="mailto:jobs@double11.com">jobs@double11.com</a>&nbsp;</div></section>