Ramen VR
Staff Machine Learning Product Engineer
Ramen VR, San Francisco, CA
At Ramen VR, Heroes Are Made.
We're creating tools that empower anyone to build online games with the help of AI.
As a Staff ML Product Engineer, you'll lead the development of our game creation tools by leveraging cutting-edge ML models. This role requires deep expertise in machine learning, including both theoretical and practical experience with LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), fine-tuning, embeddings, and semantic search.
This is not a research position-it's for entrepreneurial engineers eager to make a tangible impact on game creation. You'll work across disciplines, from game engine technology to frontend and backend development. We need someone who can prototype at lightning speed (days, not weeks) and has the technical depth to deliver production-ready code and robust ML model evaluations.
Responsibilities
Specific Skills
Pluses
About Ramen VR
Meaningful games can change lives, and every game starts with its developers. We believe that game devs can change the world.
We're working on solving the hardest problems in game development. We previously built the #1 VR game Zenith: The Last City on Steam and Quest. We've raised $40m+ to date and have been working in stealth on our next game as well as tools that will shape the future of game development.
We're funded by some of the best investors and gaming entrepreneurs in the world including Y Combinator, Makers Fund, Twitch COO Kevin Lin, and Kabam Cofounder Holly Liu and also the most successful VR Gaming Kickstarter of all time.
About The Team
At Ramen VR, we're a mix of DIY (Hackers/Modders/Dropouts), AAA (Riot, Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft), and tech (Google/Apple). We're looking for S-tier developers and technologists, regardless of your background.
Why Work At Ramen VR?
Create the Next Reality
Every startup claims they are changing the world. How often do you find one that's building an entirely new reality? Also, we're such a small team, that every team member makes real, tangible impact on our products and the future of the company.
We Love Games
Have a favorite game coming out? Take a day off on launch day. We'll even buy you the deluxe version of the game. Play the game, and just do a short write-up to teach us what you learned.
Company Retreats
Travel somewhere in the world with us, and live in a big house together for a week, all expenses paid. Spend time working, playing games, exploring a new country, and growing together.
Benefits
We offer unlimited PTO, full coverage health insurance (for you and dependents) if you're based in the US, an annual health & wellness stipend for non-US based folks, annual tech stipends to use towards VR/equipment and more.
We're creating tools that empower anyone to build online games with the help of AI.
As a Staff ML Product Engineer, you'll lead the development of our game creation tools by leveraging cutting-edge ML models. This role requires deep expertise in machine learning, including both theoretical and practical experience with LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), fine-tuning, embeddings, and semantic search.
This is not a research position-it's for entrepreneurial engineers eager to make a tangible impact on game creation. You'll work across disciplines, from game engine technology to frontend and backend development. We need someone who can prototype at lightning speed (days, not weeks) and has the technical depth to deliver production-ready code and robust ML model evaluations.
Responsibilities
- Integrate ML Models and APIs into new and existing engines and games.
- Build end to end products, from front end development, down to evaluation models and backend APIs.
- Level up core engineering team on ML principles and architecture.
Specific Skills
- Have familiarity with the latest AI research and working knowledge of how these systems are efficiently implemented
- Full-Stack development and demonstrated experience on rapid prototyping
- Eye for user experience and product requirements.
- Demonstrable knowledge of game engines like Unreal, Unity, Roblox Studio, or Godot.
- Core understanding of existing LLM APIs like OpenAI, Vertex, Llama 3, etc.
Pluses
- XR Game Development
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- Active interest in games, interactive art, and media
About Ramen VR
Meaningful games can change lives, and every game starts with its developers. We believe that game devs can change the world.
We're working on solving the hardest problems in game development. We previously built the #1 VR game Zenith: The Last City on Steam and Quest. We've raised $40m+ to date and have been working in stealth on our next game as well as tools that will shape the future of game development.
We're funded by some of the best investors and gaming entrepreneurs in the world including Y Combinator, Makers Fund, Twitch COO Kevin Lin, and Kabam Cofounder Holly Liu and also the most successful VR Gaming Kickstarter of all time.
About The Team
At Ramen VR, we're a mix of DIY (Hackers/Modders/Dropouts), AAA (Riot, Activision Blizzard, Ubisoft), and tech (Google/Apple). We're looking for S-tier developers and technologists, regardless of your background.
Why Work At Ramen VR?
Create the Next Reality
Every startup claims they are changing the world. How often do you find one that's building an entirely new reality? Also, we're such a small team, that every team member makes real, tangible impact on our products and the future of the company.
We Love Games
Have a favorite game coming out? Take a day off on launch day. We'll even buy you the deluxe version of the game. Play the game, and just do a short write-up to teach us what you learned.
Company Retreats
Travel somewhere in the world with us, and live in a big house together for a week, all expenses paid. Spend time working, playing games, exploring a new country, and growing together.
Benefits
We offer unlimited PTO, full coverage health insurance (for you and dependents) if you're based in the US, an annual health & wellness stipend for non-US based folks, annual tech stipends to use towards VR/equipment and more.