Unreal Engine Rendering Engineer (contract)

Apog Labs; Malmö kommun; Hybrid; SEK 519,848 - 779,773; Part time

Job summary

Apog Labs is seeking a freelance Unreal Engine Rendering Engineer to evaluate and optimize rendering performance for ATMOSFAR. This one-month contract will focus on profiling the rendering stack and identifying opportunities for improvement, delivering prioritized recommendations for the team.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in real-time rendering, specifically with Unreal Engine 5.6 and up, and will work closely with both art and engineering teams. This role can be executed fully remote or in our Malmö office.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of Unreal Engine's modern rendering pipeline.
• Proven experience with Unreal Engine project optimization.
• Ability to quickly assess and isolate project bottlenecks.
• Good understanding of color and exposure workflows.

Responsibilities

• Profile and audit rendering performance across platforms.
• Evaluate Unreal Engine's rendering stack for inefficiencies.
• Identify quick optimization wins.
• Deliver prioritized findings and recommendations.

Skills

Real-time rendering background

Knowledge of Unreal Engine 5.6+

Experience with profiling and optimizing Unreal Engine projects

Fluency in Unreal Insights and RenderDoc

Ability to communicate findings

Working knowledge of post process volumes

Grasp of materials and shader workflows

Excellent communication skills

Education

Education in a relevant field

Job description

About the job

Unreal Engine Rendering Engineer (contract)

A propeller rumbles in the distance. You turn your head and gaze towards the horizon as you find yourself standing on the ledge of a steep drop with nothing but skies beneath you. An approaching gust throws you off balance and you feel as if you're about to tip over and down into the abyss. As your body jolts into action, correcting your stance, you hear a friend behind you scream \'watch out!\'. A flying craft, the Wasp, bursts through the clouds and heads straight towards you, chased by a menacing creature whose wingbeat echoes across the skies. This, you realize, is how your ATMOSFAR begins.

If your imagination is already churning, and you want to help us craft these kinds of experiences, come join us at Apog Labs! As our freelance UE Rendering Engineer, you will dig into how players see ATMOSFAR by auditing the lighting, geometry and image pipeline that bring planet Tycos to life. Over this focused one-month contract, you will profile and evaluate the rendering systems that everything else is viewed through, surfacing the performance wins that keep frames fast and beautiful.

About the position

This is a focused one-month contract to evaluate the current state of our rendering performance. You will dig into how the game looks and runs today, profile our rendering stack and identify where we're spending our frame time and memory while also surfacing any low-hanging fruit as well as bigger opportunities for optimization. ATMOSFAR has an established art and visual direction, with rendering features and scenes already in production. Rather than rebuilding systems, your job is to assess what exists, find where it's costing us and hand back clear, prioritized and actionable recommendations and quick wins where you can land them within the contract. The position is offered as an hourly freelance contract spanning one (1) month of full-time work and can be executed fully remote. However, we can also offer a desk to work from at our office in Malmö, Sweden.

What you will do

• Profile and audit ATMOSFAR's rendering performance across target platforms, establishing where frame time, GPU and memory budgets are being spent
• Evaluate the configuration and cost of Unreal Engine's rendering stack including Lumen, Nanite, VSM and MegaLights by flagging potential misconfigurations, inefficiencies and tuning opportunities
• Review post process volume setups for cost versus visual impact
• Identify low-hanging fruit for quick optimization wins and document larger structural opportunities with effort and impact estimates
• Deliver a clear, prioritized set of findings and recommendations the team can act on after the contract ends and implementing select quick wins where time allows
• Collaborate with the art and engineering teams to ground recommendations in the game's visual direction and technical constraints

Who you are

• Strong real-time rendering background with deep, hands‑on knowledge of the Unreal Engine's modern rendering pipeline for UE 5.6 and up with particular focus on Lumen, Nanite, VSM and MegaLights and how they interact and their frame rate costs
• Proven experience profiling and optimizing Unreal Engine projects, with fluency in the relevant tools such as Unreal Insights, RenderDoc and stat commands
• Ability to quickly assess an unfamiliar project, isolate bottlenecks and communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Working knowledge of post process volumes with color and exposure workflows
• Solid grasp of materials and shader workflows
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
• Interpersonal and organizational skills
• Proficient in written and spoken English

When you're a bonus

• Interest in open world survival games
• An indie mentality of initiative, flexibility and proactive problem solving
• An education within a relevant field

We encourage applications from all suitable candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.