Senior Rendering Engineer — Unreal 5, Remote Open-World

CD Projekt; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid health care

401K with employer matching

Flexible working hours

Job summary

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Senior Rendering Engineer to work on Cyberpunk 2, leveraging Unreal Engine 5 to push visual fidelity. You will join a team responsible for rendering solutions and optimizations across an open-world environment, collaborating with engineers and artists to realize the game’s vision.

The role emphasizes runtime performance, memory efficiency, and cutting-edge rendering techniques, with opportunities to work remotely or hybrid within the US.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of industry experience in graphics programming.
• Experience on AAA console titles and Unreal Engine.
• Strong C++ and graphics pipeline knowledge.
• Experience with low-level graphics APIs and profiling tools.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, debug, and optimize graphics systems for performance and memory usage.
• Collaborate with engineers and content teams to develop rendering solutions for open-world environments.
• Help art teams bring characters and a cyberpunk world to life with enhanced fidelity.
• Optimize runtime performance across CPU and GPU.

Skills

Unreal Engine

C++

Graphics programming

Multithreaded design

Performance profiling

Rendering techniques

DirectX12/Vulkan

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

RenderDoc

Pix

Groom (Unreal)

Job description

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Senior Rendering Engineer to work on Cyberpunk 2, leveraging Unreal Engine 5 to push visual fidelity. You will join a team responsible for rendering solutions and optimizations across an open-world environment, collaborating with engineers and artists to realize the game’s vision.

The role emphasizes runtime performance, memory efficiency, and cutting-edge rendering techniques, with opportunities to work remotely or hybrid within the US.