Senior Graphics Programmer
Rockstar Games23 days ago
Responsibilities
- Build, optimize, and modify game rendering systems and related tools using C++ and modern graphics APIs.
- Identify and implement improvements and extensions to existing graphics and game systems.
- Create tools that improve rendering performance, iteration times, and team productivity.
- Produce stable, reliable, performant, and well-documented code in large and complex codebases.
- Debug, analyze, and optimize code and rendering systems, including multithreaded CPU and GPU performance.
- Guide and support less experienced team members.
- Collaborate with Art and Design to develop streamlined and flexible graphics systems.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of professional video game industry experience coding game rendering systems in C++.
- Experience with at least one modern graphics API, such as Vulkan, Metal, or D3D12.
- Previous graphics-focused experience working specifically on rendering systems and features.
- Experience identifying bottlenecks and optimizing existing rendering systems.
- Experience optimizing multithreaded CPU and GPU performance.
- Strong theoretical knowledge of 3D rendering techniques and solid 3D mathematics skills.
- High proficiency in C++ and STL.
- Ability to clearly communicate ideas, document work, and work effectively in large codebases with complex build processes.
- Demonstrated ability to ship products.
Benefits
- Full-time, permanent employment.
- In-office work at Rockstar’s game development studio in Sydney, Australia.
- Applications are open from 1 July 2026 through 28 July 2026.
- Rockstar provides reasonable accommodations during recruitment and employment for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities.
About Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games is the global developer and publisher behind some of the world’s most groundbreaking, commercially successful, and critically acclaimed entertainment properties, including the Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, Max Payne, and Midnight Club series, Bully, L.A. Noire, and The Warriors. Through a commitment to progressive and innovative game design, the highest production values, and quality storytelling, Rockstar Games has helped propel video games to the center of culture. Rockstar Games is an equal opportunity employer.