Senior Rendering Engineer
CD PROJEKT RED13 hours ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$119k - $218k/yr
Responsibilities
- Maintain, debug, and enhance graphics systems for improved performance and memory utilization.
- Develop rendering solutions for a large-scale open-world environment in collaboration with engineers and content teams.
- Support art teams in creating characters and environments with high runtime graphical fidelity.
- Optimize runtime performance and memory utilization across CPU and GPU.
- Profile and optimize performance at a low level and investigate GPU hangs and crashes.
Requirements
- 7+ years of industry experience.
- Experience working on AAA console titles, particularly with Unreal Engine.
- Fluency in C++ and in-depth graphics programming experience.
- Professional knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 or an equivalent custom in-house engine.
- Extensive knowledge of modern rendering techniques and current GPU and CPU architecture.
- Comprehensive multithreaded programming experience.
- Experience with one or more low-level graphics APIs, such as DirectX12, Vulkan, or console APIs.
- Thorough experience with at least one graphics debugging tool, such as RenderDoc, Pix, or a console-specific tool.
- Demonstrated ability to profile and optimize performance at a low level.
- Effective communication, ownership, responsibility, and a proactive approach to improving team efficiency.
- Nice to have: experience shipping at least one Unreal-based project.
- Nice to have: working knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 rendering technologies such as Nanite, Lumen, and Niagara.
- Nice to have: experience with Unreal’s Groom or similar hair-strands systems.
- Nice to have: experience with real-time hardware-based ray tracing and associated systems.
Benefits
- Company-paid medical, dental, vision, and mental healthcare.
- Free mental health support, including counseling, psychiatric care, and well-being webinars.
- 26 vacation days, 10 sick days, and 12 calendar holidays per year.
- 401K with employer matching.
- Lifestyle Spending Account of $100 per month for eligible fitness, wellness, internet, home office, learning, and streaming expenses.
- Menstrual leave of one additional day off for employees who menstruate.
- RED Parents Network support for working parents.
- Flexible working hours.
- Internal trainings, lectures, courses, workshops, knowledge-sharing initiatives, tutorials, and e-learning.
- Hybrid, in-office, or fully remote work options; US remote work is limited to candidates residing in the listed eligible states.
- The application window closes by 05/01/2027.
- Pre-employment background check required in accordance with applicable laws.
- Dog-friendly office, international work environment, and casual no-dress-code workplace.
Tech Stack
Categories
Gaming
About CD PROJEKT RED
CD PROJEKT RED is a Warsaw-headquartered game development studio building story-driven role-playing games for PC and consoles. It is the creator of The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077, and funds itself by selling premium titles and expansions worldwide. Founded in 2002, the studio operates globally with teams in Poland and a growing hub in Boston working on new installments and original IP.