Founding Rendering Engineer

About the Role

What You’ll Do

• Build and refine expressive, real-time characters (faces, bodies, animations)
• Develop and optimize rendering pipelines, shaders, and animation systems
• Implement lip-syncing and real-time voice-driven facial/body animation
• Prototype and experiment with new visual techniques and workflows
• Collaborate with AI engineers to tightly integrate visuals with behavior and personality
• Help define the visual identity and polish of The Interface

You Might Be a Fit If You

• Have 3–6+ years of experience in 3D rendering, graphics, or technical art
• Are highly skilled with relevant tools (e.g. Unreal, Unity, or similar)
• Have experience with hyperrealistic or stylized rendering pipelines for games, film, or immersive media
• Understand facial rigs, lip-syncing, animation, shaders, or motion capture
• Are excited by real-time, interactive visuals — pushing beyond offline rendering
• Thrive in fast-moving, experimental environments with lots of creative ownership

Why Join Us

• You’ll be one of the first 5 team members
• You’ll work directly with the founders (MIT backgrounds, bias to action)
• We just raised a sizeable seed round and are backed by top investors
• You’ll own the visual layer of our product — the characters and worlds users engage with
• We’re building an entertainment product and want to have fun doing it
• You’ll have real influence over what we build and how we grow