Senior Rendering Engineer - Unreal Engine 5 (Remote)

CD Projekt; Nevada; Remote; USD 119,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Senior Rendering Engineer to join the Cyberpunk 2 team. You will develop and optimize rendering solutions using Unreal Engine 5, collaborating with artists and engineers to deliver high-fidelity visuals for a large-scale open world.

You will work on performance profiling, memory management, and real-time rendering challenges across CPU and GPU, pushing the boundaries of runtime fidelity and lighting with cutting-edge techniques.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of industry experience.
• Experience on AAA console titles, especially with Unreal Engine.
• Fluent in C++ with in-depth graphics programming experience.
• Proficient with Unreal Engine 5 or equivalent engine.
• Extensive knowledge of modern rendering techniques and GPU/CPU architecture.
• Strong multithreaded programming experience.
• Experience with DirectX12 or Vulkan or console APIs.
• Experience with graphics debugging tools (RenderDoc, Pix, etc.).
• Ability to profile and optimize performance at a low level.
• Excellent communication, ownership, and teamwork.
• Proactive attitude to help the team deliver faster.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, debug, and optimize graphics systems for performance and memory use.
• Collaborate with engineers and content teams to create new rendering solutions for large open worlds.
• Help art teams realize diverse characters and a cyberpunk world through advanced rendering.
• Optimize runtime performance and memory usage on CPU and GPU.

Skills

C++

Graphics programming

Unreal Engine

Multithreading

Rendering techniques

Performance profiling

Communication

Team collaboration

Industry experience

AAA experience

Low-level graphics APIs

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

RenderDoc

Pix

Job description

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Senior Rendering Engineer to join the Cyberpunk 2 team. You will develop and optimize rendering solutions using Unreal Engine 5, collaborating with artists and engineers to deliver high-fidelity visuals for a large-scale open world.

You will work on performance profiling, memory management, and real-time rendering challenges across CPU and GPU, pushing the boundaries of runtime fidelity and lighting with cutting-edge techniques.