Senior Rendering Software Engineer

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada · Senior · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 14 days ago

Unreal EngineCollaborationMentoring

About the role

We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision.
This is a senior individual contributor role with opportunities to provide technical ownership, mentorship, and architectural direction.

Design, implement, optimize, and maintain real-time rendering systems and features in Unreal Engine.
Own features from R&D and prototyping through production, balancing visual quality, workflow, performance, memory, and maintainability.
Collaborate with artists, technical artists, designers, and engineers to deliver high-quality rendering features and efficient content workflows.
Build and support tools, pipelines, and workflows that help art teams deliver high-quality assets into the game.
Optimize rendering systems for current-generation consoles and high-end PCs, including GPU, CPU, memory, and scalability considerations.
Create and review technical designs for rendering systems, features, architecture, tools, and workflows.
5+ years of professional game development experience building and shipping high-quality rendering features.
Demonstrated ability to deliver AAA-quality rendering features on commercially shipped games in a senior or equivalent rendering role.
Strong Unreal Engine experience, with an ability to implement features while avoiding unnecessary long-term engine divergence.
Our studio is looking for an experienced Senior Rendering Engineer who sets a high quality bar, pushes the boundaries of real-time visuals, and is excited to help build the next major sports franchise in our industry.

Experience with PBR materials, shader development, lighting, post-processing, GPU optimization, and CPU-side rendering performance.
Experience with environment rendering, character rendering, advanced lighting, VFX, particle systems, or related graphics features.
Experience with UE5 Nanite and Lumen, or a deep understanding of similar virtualized geometry, global illumination, and real-time lighting technologies.
Experience with crowd-heavy, or character-heavy games.
If you're interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!

The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between CAD $114,300 and CAD $169,140 per year.

Details of participation in compensation and benefit plans (if applicable) will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you're interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!
What We Need
You will work closely with engineers, artists, technical artists, designers, and producers to deliver spectacular, performant visual experiences for a world-class sports simulation game. This is a senior individual contributor role with opportunities to provide technical ownership, mentorship, and architectural direction.
Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life.
We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided suitable accommodations to enjoy equal employment opportunities, including the ability to participate in the job application or interview process.
Please contact us if you need an accommodation as part of your application process or otherwise have questions about the Company's accommodation policy and review process.

This listing is sourced directly from 2K's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.