Senior Real-Time Shader & Effects Engineer

Reporter Newspapers; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 163,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) plan

Pre-tax and Roth contributions

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

HSA

Transportation benefits

Employee assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Apple's Keynote team is seeking a Shader & Effects Engineer to design, develop, and optimize advanced visual effects and animations for the Keynote rendering engine. This contract role requires collaborating with designers and engineers to translate creative concepts into polished user experiences on Apple Silicon devices.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in graphics/shader development, strong knowledge of rendering pipelines, and hands-on experience with shader languages such as Metal, GLSL,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in graphics, rendering, or shader development.
• Experience with real-time graphics optimization.
• Strong knowledge of rendering pipelines and GPU/CPU synchronization.
• Experience with shader languages: Metal, GLSL, HLSL, or Vulkan.
• Proven ability to ship graphics features in production.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement shader-driven visual effects and animations.
• Optimize graphics and rendering for Apple Silicon devices.
• Collaborate with designers to translate concepts into visuals.
• Research and adopt state-of-the-art rendering technologies.
• Own graphics features throughout the development lifecycle.

Skills

Shader development

Real-time rendering

Graphics programming

GPU optimization

Render pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Metal

GLSL

HLSL

Vulkan

Job description

Apple's Keynote team is seeking a Shader & Effects Engineer to design, develop, and optimize advanced visual effects and animations for the Keynote rendering engine. This contract role requires collaborating with designers and engineers to translate creative concepts into polished user experiences on Apple Silicon devices.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in graphics/shader development, strong knowledge of rendering pipelines, and hands-on experience with shader languages such as Metal, GLSL,