Senior Rendering Engineer

Climax Studios

Senior Rendering Engineer developing high-performance rendering features and turning art into shippable technology. Focus on GPU/CPU optimization and extending major engines with custom C++ architectures.

Posted 6/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

RayUnreal Engine

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Turn the art team's vision into shippable, scalable rendering technology
Build and improve high-performance rendering features across PC, console and Mac
Profile and resolve GPU/CPU bottlenecks: occupancy, tile memory pressure, indirect dispatch overhead, bandwidth
Work with modern pipeline techniques: GPU-driven culling, indirect command buffers and bindless architectures
Contribute to GPU memory management built on modern API features and memory heaps
Extend major engines (including Unreal source) and custom C++ architectures

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrable experience in rendering or engine engineering, shipping rendering systems for AAA, film/VFX, XR or simulation
Solid experience with modern C++ and confident shader authoring and debugging (HLSL, MSL or GLSL)
Production experience with one of Metal, DirectX 12, Vulkan or GNM/GNMX and the appetite to pick up others
Working knowledge of the pipeline: rasterization, compute and an understanding of hardware-accelerated ray tracing
Familiarity with modern techniques: PBR, GI, ambient occlusion, volumetrics and post-processing (AA, HDR, tone mapping, motion blur)
Comfortable dropping into unfamiliar codebases and making sound technical decisions
Solid applied 3D maths, plus technical writing other engineers actually want to read.
**Bonus Points **
Practical experience with mesh shading pipelines (DX12, Vulkan, Metal)
Familiarity with modern hardware variations, including console and Apple Silicon unified memory architectures
Exposure to ray tracing or compute-driven rendering
Unreal Engine source modifications

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible working: Remote-friendly long before it was the norm, with core hours that support both great work and real life.
Support & wellbeing: Mental health first-aiders, therapy and coaching via Myndup, plus private medical insurance to help you stay healthy and supported.
Pension & life cover: A strong pension plan and life insurance to support your future and protect your family.
Time for you: Minimum 25 days’ holiday, a paid winter break, and 3 volunteering days each year to give back to causes you care about.
Parental leave: Family-first policies that support parents and caregivers with flexibility and balance.
Levelling up: Annual L&D budget, expert talks, game jams, and mentoring opportunities to help you grow your skills and career.

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Hard Skills & Tools

C++HLSLMSLGLSLMetalDirectX 12VulkanGNMGNMX3D maths

Soft Skills

technical writingproblem-solvingdecision-making