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Principal Engineer (Rendering / Graphics + Core)

Gravity Well
RemoteCalifornia, United States
Posted 4 hours ago
Last seen 4 hours ago
Active
Remote
full-time
Engineering
$190,000 to $210,000 USD per year

Job Summary

Join Gravity Well as a Principal Engineer to shape the visual and technical foundation of new games, leveraging your expertise in Unreal Engine and real-time rendering. This remote role offers significant impact, a collaborative culture, and a focus on high-performance, satisfying gameplay.

About this job

This role is for a Principal Engineer specializing in rendering and graphics within a small, empathetic game development team. The position involves solving complex architectural core engine problems, tracking bugs, and contributing to all areas of code. You will own the run-time graphics/rendering code and collaborate with other departments to achieve the game's visual and performance goals.

Requirements

- Significant experience with the Unreal engine. - 5+ Years experience in rendering / graphics for real-time rendering engines. - Strong understanding of modern real-time 3D rendering, GPU hardware architecture and optimization. - Subject matter expertise in another area of engineering (i.e. Audio, Animation, Physics, Networking etc.) on a shipped title. - Strong self-motivation and self-sufficiency. - Excellent communication skills and be a proactive communicator. - The skills to polish your work to a high quality bar. - Experience working on consoles.

Benefits & Perks

- Profit sharing and company equity to all employees, regardless of location - Industry leading medical, dental and vision plans - Employer sponsored basic life insurance & AD&D - 401k retirement program - Flexible work hours - Flexible PTO and sick time - Paid parental leave - NOT be encouraged to crunch or work overtime.

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