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What You'll DoEpic Games is searching for a Rendering Architecture Programmer to drive forward the development of our skeletal mesh rendering pipeline to support rendering large crowds. You will work directly with the brightest technical minds in the industry across the Nanite, Ray Tracing, and Animation teams within Epic.
In this role, you will Optimize our skin cache for GPU performance and memory to support rendering many characters on screen. Work directly with the Nanite, Ray Tracing, and Animation teams within UE to build out new features to support their needs for next-gen skeletal mesh rendering. Responsible for optimizing and improving our rendering infrastructure systems including texture streaming, virtual texturing, mGPU, or shader compilation. Drive tools that go along with features and ensure they are usable and appropriate for artists and the engine across games and film Help supporting external clients identifying areas for improvement and designing/implementing solutions Be forward-thinking to keep up to date on current techniques, research, graphics data, hardware, etc. What we're looking for Strong C++ knowledge and multi-threaded programming techniques; ability to code and architect various core engine systems Real-time rendering experience in the games industry or for the computer graphics industry Thorough knowledge and proficient application of 3D math, rendering algorithms, and data structures Deep knowledge of at least one graphics API (DirectX11, DirectX12, OpenGL, Vulkan, Metal, etc) Demonstrated performance and memory optimization skills Experience with shipping AAA video games EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFEWe pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.