Senior Graphics Engineer - Shader system team

Unity Technologies; Brighton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company in Brighton is seeking a Senior Graphics Engineer to enhance their shader systems. This role is integral in collaborating with teams to improve tools for graphics engineers. Candidates should possess C++ programming skills and knowledge of modern shader languages. The position does not offer relocation or sponsorship. Join a high-impact team shaping the future of gaming technology in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Wide range of employee benefits

Work-life balance initiatives

Qualifications

• Demonstrated programming skills in C++ and experience of modern shader languages (HLSL/GLSL/Slang).
• Knowledge of real-time 3D graphics concepts and modern graphics APIs.
• Ability to collaborate with developers, customers, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop, build and maintain high-quality and performant systems for managing and compiling shaders.
• Diagnose and fix bugs, ensuring stability and performance for users.
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams to bring new engine features to all platforms.

Skills

C++ programming skills

Shader languages (HLSL/GLSL/Slang)

Real-time 3D graphics concepts

Collaboration skills

Tools

Modern graphics APIs

Unity engine

Job description

Senior Graphics Engineer - Shader system team

Brighton, United Kingdom, Full-time

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The opportunity

Unity Graphics is on a mission to rapidly advance innovation across our entire graphics stack, delivering the perfect balance of performance, quality, and the widest possible device reach. As a Senior Graphics Engineer on the Shader Systems team, you will be an integral part of collaborating with others within Unity Graphics to improve tooling and workflows for graphics engineers and shader authors. This position will see you tackle problems across our shader tech stack, from runtime variant handling to supporting our cross-platform shader compiler systems and building new ways for developers to define and improve their shader workflows.

With the Unity runtime being installed on over 3.5 billion devices worldwide, this is a unique opportunity to shape the developer experience of the most widely used game engine in the world.

What you’ll be doing

• Develop, build and maintain high-quality and performant systems for managing and compiling shaders
• Help maintain our shader systems by diagnosing and fixing bugs, ensuring stability and reliability for our users whilst improving performance, testability and stability.
• Work with multi-functional teams to bring new engine features to all platforms
• Enable Unity shaders to work across platforms, render pipelines, and performance levels

What we’re looking for

• Demonstrated programming skills in C++ and experience of modern shader languages (HLSL/GLSL/Slang)
• Knowledge of real-time 3D graphics concepts and modern graphics APIs.
• Ability to collaborate with developers, customers, and leadership, both verbally and via documentation
• Someone who thrives in a diverse, distributed team and is motivated to help our entire developer community succeed.

You might also have

• Understanding of modern engine systems, rendering architectures and experience of working on real-world productions or large multi-platform engines
• Understanding of modern shader compilers (DXC, Slang), IL such as DXIL and SPIR-V or shading languages such as HLSL/GLSL/MSL/Slang.
• Familiarity with the Unity engine, C# programming, and writing production shaders
• Familiarity with asset management, import, and build pipelines
• Familiarity with performance profiling and a performance by default mindset

Additional information

• Relocation support is not available for this position
• Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

Life at Unity

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support employees' well‑being and work‑life balance. You can read more about them on our career page.

Unity [NYSE: U] is the leading platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, infrastructure experts, filmmakers, and more, use Unity to bring their imaginations to life across multiple platforms, from mobile, PC, and console, to spatial computing.

As of the third quarter of 2024, more than 70% of the top 1,000 mobile games were made with Unity, and in 2024, Made with Unity applications had an average of 3.7 billion downloads per month. For more information, please visit Unity.

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