Senior Engineer

ThunderSoft; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Candidates should have 2+ years of related engineering experience and a Bachelor’s degree in a related field. On-site role with competitive compensation and collaboration across teams.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software/hardware/related engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.

Skills

Vulkan graphics programming

Mobile GPU optimization

GPU compute shader optimization

Graphics profiling & debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

C++17/20

GLSL/HLSL

Android Studio

CMake

GPU compute shader math

Job description

• Vulkan Graphics Programming – Strong experience with Vulkan render pipelines, compute shaders, synchronization, descriptor sets, memory barriers, and GPU‑driven rendering.
• Mobile GPU Optimization – Deep understanding of mobile GPU architectures, especially tile‑based rendering, bandwidth limits, cache behavior, thermal constraints, and power/performance tradeoffs.
• GPU Compute and Shader Optimization – Ability to optimize GLSL/SPIR‑V compute and graphics shaders, including sorting, culling, binning, blending, prefix sums, compaction, and parallel data processing.
• Graphics Performance Profiling and Debugging – Experience identifying GPU bottlenecks using profiling tools, analyzing frame timing, shader occupancy, memory bandwidth, overdraw, synchronization stalls, and CPU/GPU overlap.

Required Technologies :

• Vulkan
• C++17/C++20
• GLSL or HLSL
• Android Studio / Android build tools
• CMake
• GPU compute shader math

Required Education:

Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.

Required Years of Experience:

2+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Game Rendering, or related work experience.