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Computer Vision Intern - Summer 2025

Palo Alto, CA

Computer Vision Intern - Summer 2025

Niantic’s mission is to use emerging technology to enrich our experiences as human beings in the physical world. We build products that inspire movement, exploration, and face-to-face social interaction.

Niantic’s Engineering Team is seeking interns to work on advancing our real-world augmented reality (AR) games and our developer platform and build the 3D world maps that are the foundation for Niantic’s real world Metaverse and push the frontiers of Computer Vision and Machine Learning. You’ll grow your skills quickly while being mentored by an experienced team of server, gaming, mobile, full-stack and computer vision engineers and data scientists. Our technical challenges include data consistency across distributed systems, creating compelling gameplay for a global user base working with geo data at scale, and innovating in augmented reality. Niantic Engineering leads the advancement of augmented reality and other immersive technologies while creating engaging apps for a user base in the billions. Come empower players on a game board consisting of the entire world!

Niantic’s AR Web & AR Mapping Teams are seeking Computer Vision Interns.

In this role you’ll help build the next generation of Augmented Reality technologies on the web, build the VPS and visual maps. You will usher new exciting capabilities to augment web browsers' experience and help develop AR experiences to 'inspire people to explore the world together: e.g. Simultaneous Localization and Mapping, Image and Object Tracking, Object and Class Segmentation. Your work will run on billions of devices and provide a seamless immersive experience for millions of users.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and deploy Computer Vision algorithms across desktop, mobile, and HMD platforms using WebAssembly.
  • Collaborate with researchers to bring models to production and build browser-based tools for deployment.
  • Follow good software engineering practices: produce testable code, apply the correct design patterns.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholders, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.

Qualifications

  • Graduating Dec 2025 to June 2027 with a Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Vision or related field.
  • Proficiency in C++, and JavaScript/Typescript or Python.
  • Knowledgeable and interested in Computer Vision topics: Simultaneous Localization and Tracking, Feature-based Object tracking, Multi-view Geometry.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively through written and verbal communications, including synchronous interactions with others.
  • Ability to follow guidance and independently explore possible solutions.

Plus If…

  • Previous internship or full-time experience in software development.
  • Knowledge of real-time 3D graphics pipeline optimization for mobile platforms.
  • Knowledge in Shader development.
  • Knowledge in WebAssembly.
  • Knowledge in benchmarking and optimizing Neural Network for edge devices.
  • Knowledge of WebXR and other XR frameworks.        
  • Knowledge in building cloud-based and/or hybrid solutions with leading providers such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure.
  • Experience implementing, hardening or optimizing 3d gaussian splatting, dense depth computation, multi-view reconstruction, learning based mapping and localization models or other problems in 3D computer vision.

Additional Internship Details

  • In-Person Internships: San Francisco Bay Area
  • 12 Week Internship
  • Competitive Pay: $58-80/hr, depending on degree level
  • Relocation Assistance
  • In-Office Lunches & Snacks
  • Dogfood our Games!
  • Fun Activities: Learning & Social
  • Niantic Swag!
  • Network building with other interns & Niantics!

Join the Niantic team!

Niantic is the world’s leading AR technology company, sparking creative and engaging journeys in the real world. Our products inspire outdoor exploration, exercise, and meaningful social interaction. 

Originally formed at Google in 2011, we became an independent company in 2015. Some of our current consumer titles include pioneering global-control game Ingress, record-breaking AR game Pokémon GO, and Pikmin Bloom. In November 2021, we launched our developer platform, Lightship, enabling creators to build immersive AR experiences around the globe. Our basketball universe has come to life, as we recently launched one of the most innovative sports games ever, in partnership with the NBA. NBA ALL-World is now live and playable globally!  Niantic is an Equal Opportunity employer. 

We believe that cultivating a workplace where our people are supported and included is essential to creating great products our community will love. Our mission emphasizes seeking and hiring diverse voices, including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the technology industry, and we consider this to be one of the most important values we hold close.

We're a hard-working, fun, and exciting group who value intellectual curiosity and a passion for problem-solving! We have growing offices located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Bellevue, Kansas, London, Tokyo, Hamburg, Hyderabad, and Zurich. 

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