Mill Experience is a global experience design and interactive production group. We create next generation spatial and digital solutions for complex marketing and industry challenges for the world’s visionary brands, agencies and industries. We operate as part of the creative production studio and VFX powerhouse The Mill. 

Twenty plus years of innovation has established The Mill as a recognized global brand and our reputation is built on our people. We find, train and nurture the most talented creative, technical and production teams in the industry and our scale enables us to work individually, in teams or as an international network via our bases in London, Shanghai, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Bangalore. 

Mill Experience is a strategic studio within The Mill creating mixed reality, virtual events, experiential activations and interactive products for brands and agencies. 
The globe-spanning team of forward-thinking technologists and creatives works on innovation consultancy, project management, design, and execution to dream and build concepts beamed from the future. 

From augmented reality to artificial intelligence, we use our unrivaled expertise to craft memorable visual experiences to engage and captivate audiences.

We are The Mill. We create the extraordinary.  

The Mill is looking for a Creative Technologist with a specialization in XR and Real-Time engine development. The ideal candidate will come with extensive experience building interactive experiences, utilizing game engine technologies such as Unity and/or Unreal Engine. They will work within our team to build interactive experiences for brands, games, entertainment and media partners. 

Responsibilities:

• Prototype and develop experiences and content across the XR spectrum, from Augmented Reality to Virtual Reality and Immersive Real-Time Experiences 
• Work with Creatives & Developers to realize the vision of our XR experiences 
• Breakdown the technical needs and scope out projects with producers and the technical team 
• Be responsible for the development in real-time engines (Unity/Unreal), from prototyping to ship 
• Help mentor other members on the team and work with leadership to help grow the team’s knowledge of XR technologies and platforms 
• Recommend new innovative solutions on the market in regards to AR & VR Technologies. Pushing for innovation with new emerging platforms and technologies 

Requirements: 

• Proven experience as a professional software engineering for interactive experiences is required
• Extensive domain knowledge of interactive/videogame/real-time production pipelines using technologies such as Unity or Unreal  
• Augmented and/or Virtual Reality development experience 
• Solid software engineering skills, including the ability to write robust, maintainable, well-architected, well-documented code. 
• Expert in coding interactive experiences using game engines (Unity/Unreal). Other popular frameworks/platforms such as ThreeJS beneficial. 
• Experience with version control (i.e. Git, Perforce) essential. 
• Ability to quickly develop prototypes in addition to production ready projects 
• An understanding of good user experience and how to implement best practices into interactive projects.   

Nice to have:

• Experience with Web XR Technologies (8th Wall, ZappAR, etc) 
• Experience with motion capture equipment such as Xsens, Opti-track, Rokoko. 
• Experience in UX and UI Design 
• Experience in Houdini  
• Experience with Raspberry pi, Arduino, micro controllers, LED, robotics, motors, batteries and off the shelf hardware. 
• Experience with Cinder and/or TouchDesigner