Staff Software Engineer - Graphics Platform & Rendering

sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Senior Graphics Engineer to help advance the PlayStation graphics stack. You will work on current and future rendering APIs and the hardware underpinning them, shaping features for efficient game development and pushing GPU programming forward.

You will collaborate with platform software, hardware teams, and game developers, and often serve as a game-developer advocate or platform-team advocate as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience and interest in low-level graphics architecture and engineering.
• Experience writing rendering code on top of multiple rendering APIs.
• Experience writing rendering code on console.
• The ability to keep an eye on the big picture, even when deep in the weeds.
• A eagerness to learn and to take responsibility for the long run.

Responsibilities

• Work on current and future rendering APIs used by PlayStation games and the hardware underpinning them.
• Design and implement features that enable efficient game development and push GPU programming forward.
• Observe industry trends and understand customer and business needs as the basis for decisions.
• Help shape the path of the PlayStation graphics stack going forward.
• Collaborate with platform software and hardware teams, and with game developers.
• Often act as game-developer advocate with platform teams, or platform-team advocate with game developers.

Skills

Graphics architecture

Rendering APIs

Console rendering

Big picture thinking

Willingness to learn

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Senior Graphics Engineer to help advance the PlayStation graphics stack. You will work on current and future rendering APIs and the hardware underpinning them, shaping features for efficient game development and pushing GPU programming forward.

You will collaborate with platform software, hardware teams, and game developers, and often serve as a game-developer advocate or platform-team advocate as needed.