Senior Game Engineer - Graphics New

Sony Interactive Entertainment
Seattle, WA, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
$160,000.0 - $240,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

C++ (Programming Language) Visual Effects Visual Systems HLSL Unreal Engine

Job description

As a Senior Game Engineer - Graphics on teamLFG, you will work closely with artists, designers and engineers to build expressive gameplay experiences for a multiplayer game while also driving visual quality, rendering features, workflows, and performance in Unreal Engine 5. Most importantly, you will work with a fun, dedicated, and cross-discipline team devoted to turning a creative dream into a new franchise at PlayStation., * Build and maintain production-quality gameplay systems, workflows, and tools in C++ on Unreal 5 with minimal oversight

  • Own and evolve rendering systems in Unreal Engine 5, including lighting, materials, particles, post-processing, shadows, and graphics scalability

  • Collaborate closely with artists to prototype and implement stylized rendering features, shaders, VFX workflows, post-process effects, camera techniques, and other expressive visual systems

  • Optimize rendering performance across CPU, GPU, memory, and platform constraints

  • Investigate and fix graphics, rendering, and visual pipeline issues

Requirements

  • Strong expertise in real-time rendering techniques and modern graphics pipelines

  • Excellent C++ programming skills

  • Experience with Unreal Engine 5 and its rendering framework

  • Experience building designer- and artist-facing components and tools

  • Ability to work autonomously and drive technical initiatives from concept to completion

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with both engineers and artists

NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS

  • Experience with development on a variety of platforms (PC, console)

  • Passion for creating visually expressive and polished player experiences

  • Experience in Gameplay Networking

At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

About the company

Sony Interactive Entertainment pushes the boundaries of entertainment and innovation, starting from the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan in 1994. Today, we continue to deliver innovative and thrilling experiences to a global audience through our PlayStation line of products and services that include generation-defining hardware, pioneering network services, and award-winning games. Continue reading

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