Senior Real-Time Rendering Engineer

Cloud Imperium Games; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Imperium Games in Manchester seeks a Senior Graphics Programmer to push rendering tech for a vast sandbox universe, spanning shading interstellar gas clouds to rendering hairs.

You will advance core rendering tech toward photo-real visuals, work with C++, shaders, and modern graphics APIs, and help drive a scalable rendering pipeline across multiple threads and platforms. Join us on Star Citizen and Squadron 42 to shape next-gen visuals.

Qualifications

• Comfortable with C++ in a large shared codebase and source-control workflows.
• Strong knowledge of 3D rendering and 3D math.
• Excellent debugging skills to diagnose complex rendering issues.
• Ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Drive research and implementation of cutting-edge graphics technology and tools.
• Analyse, refactor and improve existing graphics functionality.
• Advise other developers on graphics/rendering usage while debugging issues.
• Profile and optimize the entire rendering pipeline, including lighting and shading.
• Stay up-to-date with latest graphics techniques and tools; contribute to feature planning.

Skills

C++ in large codebase

3D rendering

Graphics debugging

Shader language experience

Graphics API knowledge

Tools

Shader language

Modern graphics API

Job description

Cloud Imperium Games in Manchester seeks a Senior Graphics Programmer to push rendering tech for a vast sandbox universe, spanning shading interstellar gas clouds to rendering hairs.

You will advance core rendering tech toward photo-real visuals, work with C++, shaders, and modern graphics APIs, and help drive a scalable rendering pipeline across multiple threads and platforms. Join us on Star Citizen and Squadron 42 to shape next-gen visuals.