Senior Graphics Programmer

Double Eleven

Senior Graphics Programmer working with an award-winning team at Double Eleven in Middlesbrough. Crafting high-end visuals for top-selling game franchises using cutting-edge rendering techniques.

Posted 4/28/2026full-timeMiddlesbrough • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Ray

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Feature Development: Implement rendering techniques and effects within our proprietary engine to support our core projects, ensuring they meet the high visual standards expected by our partners
Optimization: Profile and optimize both C++ and GPU-side code to identify bottlenecks and implement efficient solutions
Co-Development Mindset: Collaborate effectively across internal disciplines and with external partner teams, maintaining a positive and solution-oriented approach to project challenges
Workflow Integration: Collaborate across development disciplines to refine asset pipelines, tools and workflows
Growth & Mentorship: Actively participate in code reviews and share your growing graphics knowledge with the wider team

Requirements

What you’ll need

Core Proficiency: Experience in C++ and shader development
API Knowledge: Experience with modern graphics APIs such as DX12 or Vulkan and an interest in cross-platform development
Profiling Skills: Familiarity with industry-standard profiling tools such as PIX, RenderDoc, or NSight to diagnose and fix performance issues
Rendering Fundamentals: A solid understanding of modern techniques including PBR, Global Illumination, Deferred Rendering and real-time Ray Tracing
Low-Level Awareness: It would be beneficial to have experience in systems like memory management and streaming for large-scale open-world environments
Adaptability: A proactive approach to learning new tools and new graphics rendering techniques

Benefits

Comp & perks

28 days annual leave (20 days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday)
1 day leave for your birthday and 1 day leave if you’re moving house
Up to 10 days discretionary annual leave during our end of year break
A brand new, state-of-the-art studio facilities that includes a market hall serving nutritious, subsidised meals, round-the-clock gym access, an auditorium and more
Subsidised market hall with food, freshly prepared daily by our in-house hospitality team
Free breakfast options, juice, hot drinks and fruit.
Employee referral bonus (up to £2000!)
Electric Car Scheme
Cycle to Work scheme
Free game codes, game swag and merchandise
Family-friendly leave available
Christmas Saving Scheme
Free parking
Best-in-class tools and workflows so you can focus on creativity
Vitality Private Healthcare, discounts and rewards for you, your spouse and children (upon the successful completion of your 6 month probationary period)
Access to mental health and wellbeing support via Plumm (includes 4 free video therapy sessions per month for both the employee and up to 3 family members aged 18+), unlimited text therapy, courses, meditations
A personalised development plan with dedicated support tailored to your growth and goals
Access to an accredited Academy providing professional qualifications (and access to 500 UK discounts and offers via TOTUM when registered as a student)
A dedicated Workplace Experience team responsible for work environments, workplace and quality of employee life services to help foster collaboration, creativity and innovation
In-studio wellbeing programmes and People team support
Free activities via our Bus Tours programme (where on occasion, partners and children are welcome to join you)
Many team events to celebrate team and game milestones
Sponsored team activities including football, basketball, book club, movie club and more
Opportunity to contribute to our internal Employee Diversity and Equality Network

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Hard Skills & Tools

C++shader developmentgraphics APIsDX12Vulkanprofiling toolsPIXRenderDocNSightPBR

Soft Skills

collaborationsolution-orientedmentorshipcode reviewsadaptability