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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr Software Engineer, Graphics - **Company:** LEGO Digital Play - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £43,797.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Profiling, Computer Programming, Digital Rendering, Software Debugging, Video Game Development, Game Engine, Open Source Technology, Software Engineering, Rendering Engine, Build Management, Information Technology, Codebase - **Published:** August 22, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5851908674 ## About the Role * Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, STEM field or equivalent practical experience. * Deep expertise in real-time rendering, including evaluating, selecting and implementing techniques that hold up at extreme scene scale and density across the different tiers of mobile hardware and other platforms. * Background in games with one or more shipped high quality titles. * Expert C/C++ skills with experience working in large codebases, and the ability to remain hands-on in implementation, debugging, profiling and shipping. * Strong shader programming skills. * Experience developing with a major game engine, commercial or proprietary, and the willingness to work with the major commercial engines. * A rigorous, evidence-driven approach to performance work, from profiling and benchmarking through to measurement and analysis other engineers can rely on. * Fluency with modern AI tooling across development and the work around it, using it to move faster while retaining the judgement to catch its failures and stand behind the quality of what ships. * Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical audiences, with the ability to present findings and trade-offs clearly. * Comfort operating with ambiguity in an early-stage environment, with sound judgement and integrity., * Experience building or significantly contributing to rendering engine internals. * Console development and cross-platform rendering experience. * Publications, conference talks or open source contributions in rendering. ## Description * Design and build graphics technology and tooling that puts high-quality visual results within reach of game development teams. * Choose and implement rendering techniques that sustain visual quality and performance at extreme scene scale and density, scaling gracefully across all classes of mobile device and beyond. * Contribute to the graphics side of benchmark and regression suites, ensuring the core systems' scale remains renderable within the frame budget. * Ground technical direction in evidence, presenting and sharing findings that inform teams and the work that builds on them. * Profile, debug and optimise across CPU and GPU to ensure the technology performs well in the hands of its users. * Contribute across the core systems and tooling that surround the renderer, in close partnership with senior domain specialists and tools engineering. * Embed brand integrity, reliability and safety-by-design principles into the technology from the ground up ## Related Videos - [Building Developer Experience - Brick by Brick](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1461-building-developer-experience-brick-by-brick) - [Getting to Know Your Legacy (System) with AI-Driven Software Archeology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1437-getting-to-know-your-legacy-system-with-ai-driven-software-archeology) - [Profiling Symfony & PHP apps with Blackfire](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/265-profiling-symfony-php-apps-with-blackfire) - [Building a fully automated escape room](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/735-building-a-fully-automated-escape-room) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - "Fun and games - and all that comes with it", Back to BASIC & more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1719-wearedevelopers-live-fun-and-games-and-all-that-comes-with-it-back-to-basic-more) - [Why your codebase lies to AI?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100281-why-your-codebase-lies-to-ai) ## Related Articles - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [What Jobs Can You Get with a Software Engineering Degree?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/398-what-jobs-can-you-get-with-a-software-engineering-degree) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [Is Software Engineering Hard?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/448-is-software-engineering-hard) - [Dev Digest 129 - Now that's what I call private data!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/468-dev-digest-129-now-that-s-what-i-call-private-data)