Location: Phoenix, AZ
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: Yes – SF Bay Area, LA, Denver/Boulder, Salt Lake City/Provo
Technologies: Swift, SwiftUI, iOS, visionOS, C++, Python, PyTorch, TypeScript, React, FastAPI, WebRTC, OpenAI Realtime API, Gemini Live API, ESP32/ESP-IDF, Bluetooth LE, Unreal Engine, Unity, DaVinci Resolve scripting, Seedance, Wan, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Cloudflare
Résumé/CV: https://spacecraftxr.com
Email: ryan@spacecraftxr.com
Founding engineer on Apple Vision Pro and co-inventor of the visionOS gaze-and-tap interface (5 patents). Since leaving Apple I've shipped AI products zero-to-one, mostly as the first or only engineer: an interactive world model at Odyssey (React/FastAPI/PyTorch, per-user GPU inference that held up through launch traffic), a voice AI wearable at Button Computer (YC W26) with sub-second latency from ESP32 firmware through WebRTC to realtime model APIs, and Skyglass, a virtual production app I founded that put Hollywood-style VFX on creators' iPhones (95K downloads, Techstars). Most recently I built a DaVinci Resolve plugin for generative environment replacement using Seedance and Wan, and used it to make an indie sci-fi series.
Most interested in tools and platforms that empower creators and entrepreneurs, and in agentic products where the UX is as ambitious as the model. Open to senior IC roles at established companies, or contract/fixed-scope builds with startups of any size.
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Most interested in tools and platforms that empower creators and entrepreneurs, and in agentic products where the UX is as ambitious as the model. Open to senior IC roles at established companies, or contract/fixed-scope builds with startups of any size.