Senior Unreal Engine 5 Graphics & Engine Lead

SIDE; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Dynamic, multicultural environment

Global team collaboration

Progression opportunities

Job summary

Side is seeking a Senior Engine & Graphics Engineer to lead UE5 core engine, rendering, and graphics optimisations across projects. You will profile and resolve CPU/GPU/memory challenges and partner with gameplay engineers, artists, and content teams to push visual fidelity while maintaining performance across platforms.

You will mentor engineers, drive engineering excellence, and own performance strategy with a proactive, autonomous approach in a dynamic global environment.

Qualifications

• Significant senior-level experience in game/graphics engine roles.
• Expert knowledge of Unreal Engine 5, rendering and perf profiling.
• Strong graphics programming fundamentals, GPU rendering and shaders.
• Experience optimizing across PC/console platforms with hardware awareness.
• Excellent C++ skills; work on low-level engine systems.
• Ability to work autonomously and drive solutions with minimal guidance.
• Strong communication and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and optimisation of engine, rendering, and graphics within UE5.
• Profile, analyse, and resolve CPU/GPU/memory performance challenges.
• Collaborate with gameplay engineers, artists, and content teams to remove bottlenecks.
• Own performance strategy and establish best practices across projects.
• Contribute hands-on to engine-level development and low-level systems.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship through code reviews and guidance.
• Identify challenges early and drive solutions with minimal oversight.
• Communicate risks, trade-offs, and recommendations to leadership and clients.

Skills

Unreal Engine 5

C++ programming

Graphics programming

Performance profiling

Engine systems

Mentoring

Autonomy

Tools

GPU profiling tools

Shader programming

Rendering pipelines

Unreal Engine tooling

Job description

Side is seeking a Senior Engine & Graphics Engineer to lead UE5 core engine, rendering, and graphics optimisations across projects. You will profile and resolve CPU/GPU/memory challenges and partner with gameplay engineers, artists, and content teams to push visual fidelity while maintaining performance across platforms.

You will mentor engineers, drive engineering excellence, and own performance strategy with a proactive, autonomous approach in a dynamic global environment.