Senior Rendering Programmer: Real-Time Graphics Lead

BeamNG GmbH; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Language courses

Talent development program

Personal development program

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Relocation assistance (if applicable)

Job summary

BeamNG GmbH is a Bremen-based, independent game and software studio with a remote-first, international team. We seek an experienced Rendering Programmer with strong C++ expertise to own complex, long-term rendering projects from concept to completion.

You will work on our proprietary engine, targeting DirectX 11/12, Vulkan, and console APIs, improving rendering features, and optimizing performance across platforms. Fluency in English is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in C++ real-time rendering in a proprietary engine.
• Solid foundation in C++ and real-time rendering pipelines.
• Experience with modern graphics APIs (DirectX 12, Vulkan) and shader work (HLSL/GLSL).
• Strong understanding of rasterization, lighting, shadows, post-processing, and resource lifetimes.

Responsibilities

• Enhance and maintain the proprietary engine and renderer.
• Support cross-backend work across DirectX, Vulkan, and console APIs.
• Implement and improve rendering features end-to-end.
• Optimize GPU and CPU frame time and memory usage.
• Write maintainable code geared for long-term sustainability.
• Learn new areas of codebase independently as tasks require.
• Apply linear algebra and geometric principles to rendering tasks.
• Investigate and resolve vendor/driver/hardware issues across various hardware.
• Assist with build scripts, library integrations, and CI.

Skills

C++

Real-time rendering

Shader programming

DirectX 12

Vulkan

HLSL/GLSL

Compute shaders

Multithreading

GPU profiling

Memory optimization

RenderDoc/Nsight/PIX

English communication

Tools

RenderDoc

PIX

Nsight

Job description

BeamNG GmbH is a Bremen-based, independent game and software studio with a remote-first, international team. We seek an experienced Rendering Programmer with strong C++ expertise to own complex, long-term rendering projects from concept to completion.

You will work on our proprietary engine, targeting DirectX 11/12, Vulkan, and console APIs, improving rendering features, and optimizing performance across platforms. Fluency in English is essential.