Summer 2027 | Software Engineer Intern (Engineering, Core Technology)

Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun social and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion encouraging kids and adults to move more play more and have fun together. Nex Playground the companys award-winning active play system is purpose-built to get families moving year-round with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE COPPA compliant and built to support healthy active play for all ages and abilities.

Nex Playground features a growing library of 50 experiences including motion and dance games fitness and educational experiences and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro Sesame Workshop and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies TIMEs Best Inventions and Parents Best Entertainment System for Families and has earned Red Dot IDEA and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore Have FunandIs Motion Gaming Back as they offer a deeper look into our culture values and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations.

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Location: Hong Kong
Type: Full Time Internship (June 1 2027 - August 31 2027)

The Core Technology team builds the systems that allow Nex Playground to use cameras microphones and other sensors to understand player movement and interactions in real time.

As our Software Engineer Intern (Engineering Core Technology) you will work across the technology stack behind these experiences. You may build real-time software that runs on Nex Playground create internal tools for preparing and reviewing datasets improve camera and hardware integrations or automate how we train evaluate optimize and deploy machine learning models.

You will collaborate with software engineers ML researchers and game teams to investigate real-world problems and turn new ideas into reliable technologies that can be used in games. You will receive hands-on mentorship while owning meaningful work that contributes to our products and engineering capabilities.

• Build real-time software for motion tracking cameras audio and ML inference.
• Develop tools that help engineers prepare datasets and train evaluate optimize and deploy ML models.
• Improve reliability and developer experience through visualization debugging performance analysis and automated testing.
• Collaborate with engineers and researchers to bring experimental technologies into games.

• Must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program at an accredited college or university.
• Solid foundation in software development and computer science fundamentals.
• Programming experience in any language.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Curiosity about real-time systems machine learning systems cameras sensors or hardware.
• Excited to learn and work across different parts of the technology stack.

• Experience with C C# or Java.
• Interested in computer vision ML inference cameras audio or embedded systems.
• Interested in building developer tools web or desktop applications or data workflows.
• Interested in profiling automated testing CI/CD or DevOps practices.
• Enthusiastic about games interactive physical experiences and helping people be active and healthy.

• Competitive compensation package.
• Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
• Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
• Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field

Nex is located inSan Jose California USAandHongKong. Learn more about us at encourage applications even if you dont meet more than 50% of the requirements we believe that experience comes in many forms!

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