# Michael Reiter

> Senior AR/VR Software Engineer at Apple

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/michaelreiter

I'm a Senior Software Engineer with more than half a decade of professional experience working on cutting edge software for Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. At Meta Reality Labs (formerly Oculus VR), for over 3 years I worked on Meta Horizon OS, the operating system for Quest headsets. Then I switched teams internally to work on Meta Orion AR glasses building holographic video calling experiences. In 2022 I joined Apple, where I've been working on visionOS, the spatial computing operating system for Apple Vision Pro.

I hold a MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and a BS in Computer Science from the University of Victoria. My passions are in AR/VR, Computer Graphics and Artificial Intelligence. I have strong experience with systems and graphics programming using C++, native app development for visionOS and iOS using Objective-C, Swift and Metal, Android development using Java and Kotlin, and front-end web development using JavaScript (React, Redux, GraphQL).

## Work Experience
### Senior AR/VR Software Engineer @ Apple
Jan 2022 – Present
Working on visionOS for  Vision Pro
• Building high performance low level systems using C++
• Architecting core frameworks using Swift and Objective-C
• Rendering immersive spatial apps using Metal
• Implementing delightful user interfaces using SwiftUI, UIKit, RealityKit and ARKit
• Re-reading my linear algebra college textbook frequently

### Senior Software Engineer (IC5) @ Meta
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
AR / Computer Graphics Engineer on the Holograms team
• Developed early research implementation of Augmented Reality holographic video calling for Orion (Meta AR glasses prototype)
• Implemented a multi-platform real-time renderer using C++ and GLSL shaders
• Designed a shader cross-compilation system to target OpenGL, Vulkan and Metal graphics APIs
• Wrote a highly parallelized image processing pipeline leveraging GPGPU technologies to perform novel computer vision techniques

### Senior Software Engineer (IC5) @ Meta
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021
VR Engineer on the Oculus System Interfaces team
• Developed system UIs for Meta Horizon OS (an Android-based Virtual Reality operating system)
• Served as Tech Lead for the Universal Menu (taskbar) on Oculus Quest VR headsets. Coordinated development across a dozen engineers in multiple orgs. Performed memory profiling and optimizations to meet a strict budget.
• Introduced Kotlin to Oculus, empowering hundreds of engineers to use modern Android technologies. De-risked memory utilization, app performance and internal tooling support, then deployed experimentally. Resulted in a statistically significant reduction in crashes. Delivered instructional presentation and onboarded other teams.
• Led system UI/UX development for Horizon Home (VR social hub). Integrated with party chat and co-present multiplayer APIs. Advocated Android best practices, such as MVVM architecture and Jetpack Components.
• Built VR Settings app with a strict least privilege security model using React Native and Java
• Managed an intern. Developed a project plan, reviewed all code, and hosted regular 1:1s. Resulted in unanimous full-time hiring recommendations.
• Conducted technical interviews, evaluating candidates on programming and behavioral axes

### Software Engineer (IC4) @ Meta
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021

### Software Engineer (IC3) @ Meta
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019

### Software Engineer Intern @ Microsoft
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017
• Prototyped Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality experiences in Unity3D for Windows Mixed Reality headsets and Microsoft HoloLens
• Developed a 3D UWP application for Windows 10 using C#, C++ and XAML

### Software Engineer Intern @ Facebook
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017
• Implemented Picture in Picture video playback in the Facebook iOS app
• Developed app logic and substantial user interfaces for Facebook Watch using Objective-C/C++ and Xcode
• Produced several successful independent projects and worked in a team alongside full time engineers
• Participated in the company Hackathon using open source technologies, such as ComponentKit and GraphQL

### Software Engineer Intern @ Benbria
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
• Full stack web development using React, Redux, JavaScript (ES6), CoffeeScript, Node.js, Express, Stylus, AWS S3, and MongoDB.
• Developed a customer engagement web app for major food and hospitality industry clients (A&W, Applebee's and Holiday Inn).

### Software Engineer Intern @ ChatterHigh
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
• Developed a hybrid iOS/Android app using the Ionic framework.
• Rebuilt mobile website using Bootstrap and Ruby on Rails resulting in up to 58% faster load times.
• Independently designed mobile UI and wrote markup/stylesheets.


## Education
### Master of Science - MS in Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023

### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science
University of Victoria
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/michaelalexanderreiter
- Website: https://michaelreiter.github.io
- GitHub: https://github.com/MichaelReiter
- Website: https://michaelreiter.github.io/michael-reiter-resume.pdf

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Last updated: 2026-03-22