Cross-Platform Graphics Engineer: Rendering Kernel

Unity Technologies; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 89,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

Annual bonuses

Healthcare coverage

Paid vacation

Job summary

Unity Technologies, based in Montreal, is seeking a graphics engineer to join the Graphics Kernel API team. You will help shape a low-level graphics abstraction layer used across D3D12, Vulkan, Metal, WebGPU and consoles, ensuring consistency and testability across backends.

You'll work with driver teams to validate, optimize and document API behavior, contribute to the conformance suite, and participate in design reviews to drive cross-platform rendering depth.

Qualifications

• Strong fundamentals in software engineering and multi-threaded C++.
• Understanding of real-time 3D graphics programming, GPU architecture and resource management.
• Experience with modern graphics APIs such as Direct3D 12, Vulkan or Metal.
• Ability to diagnose bugs and performance issues with industry-standard tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the common API layer and cross-driver abstraction behind it for D3D12, Vulkan, Metal, WebGPU and consoles.
• Contribute to validation layer and conformance test suite to ensure consistent driver behavior.
• Collaborate with lower-level driver teams to implement practical and performant API additions.
• Improve performance, testability, and stability from API surface to driver commands.

Skills

C++

Multi-threading

Graphics programming

Direct3D12/Vulkan/Metal

Debugging tools

Communication

Adaptability

Tools

RenderDoc

PIX

Platform captures

Unity

Job description

Unity Technologies, based in Montreal, is seeking a graphics engineer to join the Graphics Kernel API team. You will help shape a low-level graphics abstraction layer used across D3D12, Vulkan, Metal, WebGPU and consoles, ensuring consistency and testability across backends.

You'll work with driver teams to validate, optimize and document API behavior, contribute to the conformance suite, and participate in design reviews to drive cross-platform rendering depth.