The successful candidate will understand rendering end-to-end: its impact on production, on visuals, and on the quality of a game. They will also know the research landscape, including neural rendering, and have a clear view of how graphics must evolve to shape the future of game worlds and experiences.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of 8-10 rendering engineers and researchers.
• Work with the Head of R&D, Head of Architecture, Engine Director, and Principal Engineers to define the future direction of rendering.
• Bring new ideas, discuss, and implement solutions to some of the most complex rendering challenges.
• Guide applied research of novel rendering for use cases in games and game development pipelines.
• Drive the delivery of novel rendering technology in partnership with the Head of Development.

Qualifications:

• 20+ years of PC or console game programming experience, with shipped AAA games or having worked with a game engine such as Unity, Unreal, Frostbite, Godot, or similar technologies.
• Expertise in C++.
• Experience with leadership, preferably leading a rendering team.
• Advanced knowledge of real-time rendering.
• Some knowledge of machine learning techniques and their applications to graphics, such as neural rendering.
• Experience with agentic programming.

Compensation and Benefits:

• The salary range for this position is $169,500 - $242,600 CAD in British Columbia, and $193,100 - $296,500 USD in California.
• Benefits include paid time off, sick time, company holidays, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) or retirement plan.

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