Company profile
Niantic
Niantic builds location-based games and AR technology, best known for Pokemon Go and its real-world mapping platform. Interviews can test mobile engineering, game systems, geospatial data, realtime events, and how to design products constrained by physical movement and local communities.
Interview process
Niantic operates in the gaming space with a headcount around 700, which usually puts hiring in a middle zone: repeatable enough to have defined stages, small enough that the team you would join runs most of the loop. For frontend engineer, backend engineer, database engineer candidates that generally means a recruiter conversation, skill rounds led by future teammates, and a closing conversation with a senior leader. The role pages below break down the questions for each function.
Questions and process by role
Niantic hires across several engineering and product functions, and the loop shifts with each one. Open a role for the reported questions, the round-by-round focus, and a salary band for that function.
- Frontend engineer
Frontend engineer interview questions and process at Niantic.
engineering - Backend engineer
Backend engineer interview questions and process at Niantic.
engineering - Database engineer
Database engineer interview questions and process at Niantic.
engineering - Developer relations engineer
Developer relations engineer interview questions and process at Niantic.
engineering - Elixir engineer
Elixir engineer interview questions and process at Niantic.
engineering - Embedded engineer
Embedded engineer interview questions and process at Niantic.
engineering - Engineering manager
Engineering manager interview questions and process at Niantic.
engineering - Forward-deployed engineer
Forward-deployed engineer interview questions and process at Niantic.
engineering
Salary signal
Approximate senior median pay for Niantic's core roles, anchored to San Francisco and modeled from BLS, ONS, and Levels.fyi reference medians. These are market bands for the role and city, not Niantic offers. Open a role for the full city-by-city table.
Employee reviews
Niantic holds a 3.7 Glassdoor rating. External review scores are directional signals. Treat them as context alongside the specific team, location, level, and hiring manager you are interviewing with.
Glassdoor 3.7