Reporting to a Lead Engineer or Technical Director you will:

Take an active part in developing technical designs and implementations for multiple large rendering systems and features with a focus on in-game character development.
Research and evaluate emerging rendering technologies and techniques to keep the game at the cutting edge of visual fidelity
Implement high quality code in a large codebase, within a cross discipline agile team and maintain and extend existing code in rendering areas, collaborating with other engine and feature teams as needed
Help to maintain high code standards across the engine development team
Work with the engineering, art and production teams to evaluate the technical feasibility of rendering systems, proactively contribute to and evaluate technical documentation and help define and manage scope
Test and refine systems and proactively support the automation of rendering feature testing across the team
Work with, support and advise engineers in other disciplines with the rendering systems you work on
Provide and review estimates for system development and report these to the team
Help to identify technical debt in multiple areas of the rendering and engine code and contribute to paying it off over the course of development
Help to identify dependencies between engine systems and requirements from feature teams to support development

Expert C++ knowledge (ideally 4+ years).
Use of modern 3D graphics APIs on PC and console games (e.g. Direct 3D 12).
Experience writing shaders (HLSL/CG etc.) and GPU programming skills
Advanced 3D geometry, pure & applied maths
Advanced character rendering techniques
Parallel programming
Advanced lighting, data streaming and LOD techniques
Modern ray tracing APIs and techniques
Expert use of debugging and profiling tools
Data driven, data oriented and object-oriented design
A degree in a relevant subject (e.g. Maths/Physics/CS/Game Tech), or comparable relevant experience
Ideally, at least 2 shipped, full-lifecycle game titles in a rendering related role
A collaborative approach to problem solving
A passion for learning and helping others to learn

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