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# PROGRAMMING - Staff Graphics Programmer

- **Company:** SUCKER PUNCH LLC
- **Location:** Bellevue, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $159,500.0 - $287,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), HLSL, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.suckerpunch.com/careers/33358/jobs/16848344-PROGRAMMING-Staff-Graphics-Programmer/apply

## About the Role

Ability to work under tight time constraints and deadlines

 - Able to own large engine features from start to finish
 - Must have a positive and supportive attitude and enjoy working with others, 8+ year experience in games or a related field
 - BS or higher in Computer Science or a related discipline
 - Must be legally able to work in the United States
 - Excellent communication across disciplines
 - Excellent 3D math skills
 - Passionate about making great games
This position is open for on-site hybrid, candidates must be eligible to work in the US. Remote may be considered for senior candidates.

## Description

Analyze and enhance existing features, supporting the art direction vision and the artists who create it

 - Design and develop new features for our engine that help us achieve world-class visual quality while meeting our performance and memory constraints, and artist-facing tools to support these features
 - Study modern developments in graphics technology, and translate them into practical features for the rendering system
 - Work is done mostly in C++ and PSSL (an HLSL-like shader language), but Python is also required in some of our workflows
 - Follow best practices, development processes, and coding standards
 - Create and implement well-engineered, reliable, maintainable, and bug-free code


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