Senior Shader & Real-Time Graphics Engineer (Remote)

Akkodis; United States; On-site; USD 186,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Akkodis is seeking a Graphics Software Engineer for a contract role, remote in the United States. The position emphasizes real-time shader work for an animation engine, with a need for top-tier visual quality and performance.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of graphics experience, strong Metal/GLSL/Vulkan skills, and a track record of delivering end-to-end shader features across platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of graphics or shader development experience.
• Experience delivering shader-based visual effects.
• Strong understanding of real-time rendering pipelines.
• Experience owning a subsystem or feature end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Designing, prototyping, and shipping new shader-driven visual effects for the Keynote animation engine
• Collaborating with designers to translate creative direction into performant realtime effects
• Writing and maintaining production-quality Metal shaders, optimized for silicon GPUs
• Keeping up with the latest best practices in shader and realtime rendering research
• Applying modern testing methodologies to a wide variety of effects across devices

Skills

Realtime shader programming

Graphics pipeline

Metal shader programming

GLSL/Vulkan

Performance optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Metal

GLSL

Vulkan

Job description

Akkodis is seeking a Graphics Software Engineer for a contract role, remote in the United States. The position emphasizes real-time shader work for an animation engine, with a need for top-tier visual quality and performance.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of graphics experience, strong Metal/GLSL/Vulkan skills, and a track record of delivering end-to-end shader features across platforms.