Sports Interactive is a video game developer owned by SEGA, responsible for the well-loved Football Manager series.

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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>
<ul>
<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>
<ul>
<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>
<ul>
<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>

Sports Interactive seeks a Lighting Artist Contractor for a 6-month engagement.  Responsibilities include lighting setup and adjustments in Unity (URP), atmospheric lighting creation, collaboration with environment and technical artists, scene optimization and debugging, and lighting polish.  The ideal candidate will have 2-3 years' experience in real-time environment lighting using Unity, proficiency in Unity's lighting systems, and a strong portfolio showcasing completed game work.  Strong communication and collaboration skills are essential. The role involves implementing and refining lighting across scenes and environments, ensuring visual fidelity and performance optimization across various platforms.

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 Job Title:&nbsp;Lighting Artist Contractor (6 months) Team: Art &amp; Animation Hybrid Working Status: Fully remote availableStudio Overview&nbsp;We are Sports Interactive 🎮&nbsp;The gaming studio behind: ⚽ Football Manager. Founded in 1994, Sports Interactive became a wholly owned subsidiary of SEGA Europe in 2006. Based at the Here East technology hub in Stratford, East London, the SI team continues to expand as we bring our titles to an ever-growing audience across an increasing variety of platforms.To support our growth, we welcome the opportunity to connect with passionate people with the drive to match our ambitions and initiative to realise your individual potential.&nbsp;Position OverviewWe are looking for a Lighting Artist to join the Art &amp; Animation team as a Contractor. They will play a key role in defining and enhancing the game’s visual atmosphere by implementing and refining lighting across various scenes and environments. The ideal candidate will possess a keen eye for colour, contrast, and visual composition, combined with a strong technical foundation in Unity’s lighting systems. This role will collaborate closely with the environment and all tech teams to ensure that lighting enhances both gameplay and aesthetics, delivering a cohesive visual experience across the project.Key ResponsibilitiesLighting Setup and Adjustments: <ul><li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;">Set up and maintain lighting across environments, character scenes, and cutscenes in Unity, ensuring they align with the game’s artistic vision and technical requirements.</li><li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;">Make real-time adjustments to lighting setups based on team feedback, optimizing performance while preserving visual fidelity.</li></ul>Atmospheric Lighting and Mood Creation:<ul><li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;">Work closely with the Head of Art &amp; Animation and Environment Artists to develop atmospheric lighting that enhances the visuals within the game.</li><li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;">Use lighting creatively to reinforce gameplay, and player immersion across different game settings.</li></ul>Collaborate with Art and Technical Teams: <ul><li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;">Partner with environment artists and technical artists to ensure lighting works seamlessly with other visual components, enhancing cohesion and consistency in scenes.</li><li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;">Coordinate with technical art to balance visual quality and performance, ensuring lighting is efficient for real-time performance on targeted platforms.</li></ul>Scene Optimisation and Debugging: <ul><li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;">Identify and resolve technical and performance issues related to lighting, such as real-time shadows, global illumination, and post-processing, using profiling tools and techniques in Unity.</li><li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;">Collaborate with engineers to debug any lighting-related issues, ensuring assets meet performance and quality standards across devices.</li></ul>Lighting Tool Usage and Shader Knowledge: <ul><li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;">Leverage Unity's lighting tools within URP, such as light probes, reflection probes, and lighting volumes, to achieve realistic lighting effects that align with project goals.</li><li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;">Basic shader knowledge, with the ability to adjust or customize shaders in Unity as necessary to enhance visual effects related to lighting is a benefit.</li></ul>Process Adherence and Detail Orientation: <ul><li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;">Follow established workflows and best practices, avoiding ad-hoc solutions in favour of structured approaches that can be easily maintained and scaled.</li><li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;">Ensure all lighting assets and methods adhere to the project’s technical and aesthetic standards, with detailed documentation for future updates.</li></ul>Lighting Polish and Review: <ul><li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;">Continuously refine lighting elements through feedback cycles, ensuring consistency with the project’s vision and maintaining a high standard of visual quality.</li><li style="font-family: sans-serif , arial , helvetica;font-size: 12.0pt;">Proactively share progress with the art team, being open to feedback and ready to iterate to align with broader art and design goals.</li></ul>Knowledge, Skills, and Experience<ul><li>2-3 years of experience in lighting for real-time environments, preferably within a game development setting, using Unity.</li><li>Demonstrated experience in lighting environments for interactive media, with a strong portfolio showcasing work on completed games or similar projects.</li><li>Proficiency in Unity’s lighting systems, including global illumination, lightmapping, post-processing, and environment lighting techniques.</li><li>Familiarity with profiling and optimisation techniques, ensuring real-time lighting runs efficiently across various hardware using URP.</li><li>Knowledge of basic shader adjustment in Unity for visual effects related to lighting.</li><li>A solid understanding of colour theory, composition, and visual storytelling.</li><li>Strong sense of mood and atmosphere creation through lighting, able to bring environments to life with attention to detail and thematic consistency.</li><li>Strong communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively and respond to feedback constructively.</li><li>Experience with other industry-standard software and tools, such as Photoshop or Substance for texture support related to lighting.</li><li>Understanding of URP in Unity, with experience in leveraging this for high-quality lighting.</li><li>Familiarity with procedural lighting tools or dynamic lighting systems.</li><li style="list-style-type: none;"><ul><li style="list-style-type: none;"><ul></ul></li></ul></li></ul>We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from any relevant candidate irrespective of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief. &nbsp;SI is proudly a Disability Confident Committed employer, and we are dedicated to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. Our studio has disabled access and facilities but please ensure you advise us if you require any other reasonable adjustments to be made to support you during the recruitment process.&nbsp;Our Values: Keep collaborating: Teamwork wins titles - Here, ideas belong to everyone, whatever department you’re part of. Collaboration lets us score more as a team than we could individually.&nbsp;Be flexible: We think fast and adapt faster. The football and entertainment worlds never stand still, so we keep progressing and switching things up to stay ahead.&nbsp;Stay Tenacious: We don’t overlook the details. Everything we do is about producing the best game possible, in other words, never settle.&nbsp;Show Ambition: Let your drive lead the way - Your individual outlook can give everyone the edge. Make the studio’s purpose personal and let your drive lead the way.&nbsp;Bring the Passion: Have fun doing your thing - Don’t be fooled, what we do is not a game. Making our players’ passion come to life is our passion.&nbsp;Consider the Bigger Picture: Keep things in perspective - We want our impact to be a positive one. From built-in work/life balance to initiatives covering the most important topics of today, we have what matters in focus.&nbsp;&nbsp;
 
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