Senior Software Engineer
Nex
Senior Software Engineer
Nex
Motion-based family gaming console with subscription
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 company’s 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 Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s 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 Fun and Is 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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Reports to: Head of Developer Experience
Location: Hong Kong
Travel: (Rarely) International travel to the EU, Japan or the US
Time Zones: Will collaborate across time zones with clearly defined overlap windows.
Type: 6-month contract (with the possibility to convert or renew)
Nex Playground is redefining how families play — bringing motion-based, camera-powered gaming into the living room. A key part of our go-to-market motion is the in-store retail demo experience, where customers at retailers like Target, Costco, and Walmart get hands-on with Nex Playground games before they buy.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Retail Demo) to oversee and ensure the proper planning, implementation and deployment of the retail demo software at different sites and retail demo fixtures. This is a highly cross-functional role that requires working with fellow game cells, program managers, design, retail operations and platform engineering team.
You will be owning the software side of the whole retail demo experience, from the firmware, the retail demo experience, analytics to deployment. You will work along with our program managers to ensure that components would be ready before launch; and also prepare all software assets for retail operations to deploy them in stores.
Nex is located in San Jose, California, USA and Hong Kong. Learn more about us at https://www.nexplayground.com/about.
We encourage applications even if you don’t meet more than 50% of the requirements — we believe that experience comes in many forms!
Nex is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all individuals at every stage of the employment relationship, including all current and prospective employees, and covers all employment decisions including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, discipline and termination.
We are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and harassment and to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.
Nex makes a motion-based gaming system called the Nex Playground that lets families play without traditional controllers. The core product is a hardware console with a built-in camera and a computer vision/AI system that tracks up to 18 body points, letting up to four players play games by moving their bodies instead of holding a controller. Games come bundled with the starter pack, and players can subscribe to Play Pass to access a growing catalog of over 40 titles, with new games added every month. Nex earns recurring revenue from the subscription in addition to the initial hardware sale. The Nex Playground is designed for indoor use, supports portable play with a travel case, and can operate without Wi‑Fi, making it suitable for family entertainment and active, kid-friendly play.
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