Aifund
Engineer in Residence: Gesture Based Mobile Games
Mountain View, CA · Contract
No sponsorship$10k-$10kDetected 114 days ago
Machine LearningComputer VisionUnityUnreal EngineAR/VR
About the role
- Mobile input is stale tap and swipe have been the default for 15 years.
- Experience shipping mobile games or highly interactive consumer products.
- Experience optimizing real-time pipelines for noisy camera input.
Responsibilities
- Own the prototype across game loop, recognition pipeline, UX feedback, and on-device performance.
- Build the first product wedge while keeping an eye on what could become platform IP.
- Work with AI Fund's build team on gameplay scope, technical feasibility, and expansion paths.
- A feel for interaction design and what makes a game mechanic fun rather than technically clever.
- A builder who likes the combination of ML systems, interaction design, and fast consumer product feedback loops.
- Someone who wants to create a new input pattern instead of incrementally improving an existing category.
- You will be building an AI Fund idea, not bringing your own startup idea into the program.
- The process typically includes a Builder Event or equivalent working conversation, then a 48-hour Builder Challenge, then panel review with AI Fund build leadership.
Requirements
- Helpful but not required
- Experience with Unity, Unreal, CoreML, TFLite, MediaPipe, AR, or motion capture systems.
- You know how to use AI coding assistants and modern AI tools to accelerate implementation without shipping brittle game logic.
Compensation
- $10,000/month for 12 weeks ($30,000 total). This is a contract role during the residency. If the build leads to a funded company, the next step is a founder-level role with meaningful equity upside.
- This is a great opportunity for someone in transition and looking to gain awesome building experience working alongside Andrew Ng. We are only considering candidates within commuting distance from Mountain View.
Benefits
- Experience in computer vision, on-device ML, pose or gesture recognition, or mobile game development.
- If the build leads to a funded company, the next step is a founder-level role with meaningful equity upside.
Company info
- US work authorization. We are unable to sponsor visas for this role.
- The goal is to pressure-test the idea quickly and honestly with real users and customers.
Visa & Work Authorization
- US work authorization.
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