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Niantic Spatial
San Francisco, California, United States
Source: Niantic Spatial careers · View original posting
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At Niantic Spatial, we're building the future of physical AI. Powered by a proprietary database of over 30 billion posed images, our groundbreaking mapping technology unlocks a new dimension of interaction and spatial intelligence that helps both humans and machines better understand, represent, navigate, and engage with the real environment.
Our reconstruction technology captures environments with geometric accuracy and extreme detail from any standard camera, and our Visual Positioning System delivers precise positioning almost anywhere in the world. We serve customers across robotics, the public sector, and energy and industrial markets — building for the 80% of economic activity that takes place beyond our screens.
The Principal Architect is the technical steward for the Product Engineering organization. This role will be responsible for ensuring that every product, platform, API, SDK, and service fits together into a cohesive, scalable ecosystem. This is one of the most senior individual contributor roles within Product Engineering.
Reporting to the Senior Director of Product Engineering, you will serve as a technical partner in defining the long-term architecture of Niantic Spatial's product platform while remaining actively engaged in the implementation and evolution of the technology.
This is a hands-on engineering role
Organizational Scope
The Principal Architect provides technical leadership across the entire Product Engineering organization, including the Product Foundations Team, SDK, Mobile Engineering, Web Engineering, and Delivery. The role partners closely with Research to guide the transition of new technologies into scalable, production-ready products.
Product Engineering delivers a cohesive platform rather than a collection of independent products.
Technical decisions consistently reinforce the company's product vision.
New technologies from Research integrate naturally into the existing ecosystem.
Teams share common architectural patterns, reducing duplication and improving maintainability.
Engineers move quickly because the platform is consistent, well understood, and intentionally designed.
Compensation
The expected salary range for this role is $275,000 – $310,000 per year. Compensation also includes an annual bonus, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), and more.
Location & Work Model
This role is based in our San Francisco, CA office on a hybrid schedule with a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
Inclusive Application
We know the strongest candidates don't always tick every box. If you're excited about this role and believe you could do it well, we encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every qualification listed — you may be exactly who we're looking for.
Equal Opportunity
Niantic Spatial will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable laws. Please contact your recruiter if you want to request an accommodation for the job application or interview process.
Candidate Privacy
I understand that by submitting my job application, the information I provide as part of that application will be used in accordance with Niantic Spatial's Privacy Notice for Job Applicants and Candidates https://www.nianticspatial.com/applicant-privacy-notice.
Niantic Spatial is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals seeking employment at Niantic Spatial are considered without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, creed, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), marital status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected category under applicable laws.
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