Graphics Engineer

Owlchemy Labs

Expert Graphics Engineer at Owlchemy, focusing on developing graphic systems and tools. Collaborating on XR technology, mentoring, and adhering to best coding practices.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $150,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaPythonUnity

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

**Responsibilities:**
- Implement shaders, graphic systems, and visual tools based on direction from Design and Art teams including task owner
- Assist with porting to new platforms accounting for best practices based on engine and platform requirements
- Create tools to assist production as needed
- Assist with optimization, especially of graphics-related issues, utilizing profiling tools and coding best practices
- Develop and test code, fix bugs, and profile to optimize code as directed
- Follow engineering best practices, development processes, and coding standards
- Take ownership of tasks and authored features, ensuring owned features can be maintained and provide technical and design leadership for owned tasks
- Seek feedback on owned tasks, including via playtests, other Owls and stakeholders
- Evaluate new XR hardware and assist with R&D efforts
- Collaborate with (or act as) Owners to break down large deliverables into more discrete tasking and provide accurate estimates to stakeholders
- Collaborate with Owls cross-departmentally to meet task goals and determine code requirements
- Keep up to date on the latest in development practices for Unity and XR and ensure distribution of that knowledge throughout team
- Mentor other Owls on graphics best practices through one to one discussions, coding explanations, code reviews, and documentation creation, etc.

Requirements

What you’ll need

**Required Skills/Abilities:**
- Strong attention to detail
- Strong, clear and proactive communicator across a variety of disciplines and levels
- Deep Unity Programing Expertise (C#, HLSL)
- Strong understanding of Unity’s Scriptable Render Pipeline and Universal Render Pipeline and underlying rendering technologies like Vulkan and OpenGL
- Cross programming expertise (C++, Java, Python, etc.)
- Deep graphics optimization expertise (Unity Profile, RenderDoc, hardware specifics)
- Experience with XR platforms, tile-based renderers, and related technologies strongly preferred
**Required Education and Experience:**
- High School Diploma or Equivalent
- 7+ years of graphics programming experience
- Good understanding of all other disciplines in game development
**Preferred Education and Experience:**
- 10+ years of graphics programming experience
- Appreciation of puns (or at least the ability to groan at them)

Benefits

Comp & perks

- 20 days of vacation
- Unlimited sick days
- School loan repayment assistance
- New parent benefits
- Health/Dental/Vision Plans
- Retirement Plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

C#HLSLUnity programmingC++JavaPythongraphics optimizationVulkanOpenGLScriptable Render Pipeline

Soft Skills

attention to detailclear communicationproactive communicationtechnical leadershipcollaborationmentoring

Certifications

High School Diploma or Equivalent