Senior Game Engineer – Graphics

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Senior Game Engineer - Graphics creating expressive gameplay experiences for a multiplayer game. Collaborating with artists and engineers to drive visual quality in Unreal Engine 5.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeRemote • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $160,000 - $240,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Unreal Engine

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and maintain production-quality gameplay systems, workflows, and tools in C++ on Unreal 5 with minimal oversight
Own and evolve rendering systems in Unreal Engine 5, including lighting, materials, particles, post-processing, shadows, and graphics scalability
Collaborate closely with artists to prototype and implement stylized rendering features, shaders, VFX workflows, post-process effects, camera techniques, and other expressive visual systems
Optimize rendering performance across CPU, GPU, memory, and platform constraints
Investigate and fix graphics, rendering, and visual pipeline issues

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong expertise in real-time rendering techniques and modern graphics pipelines
Excellent C++ programming skills
Experience with Unreal Engine 5 and its rendering framework
Experience building designer- and artist-facing components and tools
Ability to work autonomously and drive technical initiatives from concept to completion
Strong communication and collaboration skills with both engineers and artists

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Dental
Vision
Matching 401(k)
Paid time off
Wellness program
Employee discounts for Sony products

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Hard Skills & Tools

C++real-time rendering techniquesgraphics pipelinesUnreal Engine 5rendering systemsshadersVFX workflowspost-process effectscamera techniquesperformance optimization

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationautonomytechnical initiative driving