Senior Rendering Engineer

CD PROJEKT RED is looking for a Senior Rendering Engineer to join our team to work on Cyberpunk 2, the next major video game in the Cyberpunk franchise. In this role, you will become part of the team responsible for developing rendering solutions and optimizations to enable designers and artists to deliver the vision of the game.

Utilizing Unreal Engine 5, you’ll help define the future of visual fidelity in our games while collaborating with engineers and artists to breathe life into our titles.   

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and optimizing existing rendering systems.
• Developing new rendering solutions for large-scale problems.
• Working closely with art teams to provide performant and effective solutions.
• Bringing our characters and worlds to life with your rendering knowledge.
• Optimizing performance & memory utilization.

• 7+ years of industry experience.
• Fluent C++ and in-depth experience with graphics programming are essential.
• Professional knowledge of Unreal Engine, preferably a shipped title with UE technology.
• Extensive knowledge of rendering techniques and GPU/CPU architecture.
• Comprehensive multithreaded programming experience.
• Experience with one or more low-level graphics API (DirectX12, Vulkan, console, etc.).
• Thorough experience with at least one graphics debugging tool (RenderDoc, Pix, console-specific, etc.)
• Experience with low-level profiling and optimization.
• Effective communication skills, responsibility, sense of ownership and dedication for work.
• A proactive attitude towards helping the team to get their work done faster and more efficiently.

Nice to have:

• Shipped at least one Unreal-based project.

Working mode

For this role you can choose between a remote-first or office-first working mode.

• Office-First: working primarily from the Warsaw, Wroclaw, or Cracow office for a minimum of 10 days per month.
• Remote-First: working from home, or from any location that is within 3 hours of the GMT+3 time zone.

Perks & Professional Growth

• Flexible working hours — start your workday anytime between 8:00 and 10:00 AM.
• A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team.
• Trainings, lectures and courses — internal workshops, external training for each employee, ‘Meet a star’ events, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available. There’s always something to learn!
• Merch — gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!

Health & Well-being

• Private medical healthcare — a selection of medical plans with dental care to choose from, which are also accessible for your partner and relatives.
• Psychological care — free mental health support and various well-being webinars. 
• Multisport card — gain access to a wide number of sporting and fitness facilities across the city.

Social Activities & Life in the Office

• Dog-friendly office — dog owner? Bring your pooch with you and look after them while working! There’s always a furry friend or two to meet at the studio.
• Social events — we host regular gatherings at the studio where we can all unwind, play games, and just have some fun together.
• Healthy selections — ​​organic fruit, snacks, muesli, organic honey, vegan milk, and speciality coffee are all at your disposal around the studio. Enjoy!
• Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world.

Head office in Warsaw

• Sustainable campus with an eco ethos — solar panels provide green energy, 2000 plants and an air-filtering system to help provide clean air, electric car charging points, flower meadows, and more green features in the works.
• An onsite, well-equipped gym with a climbing wall, daily Gym Assistant support and yoga and healthy spine classes.
• Car and bike parking spaces.
• A designated space for your bicycle, as well as bicycle repair equipment and showers available whenever you need them.
• No dress-code — we like to keep it casual.

Relocation support

• Relocation package – flight ticket, company apartment for your first month, relocating your pet, shipping your belongings: it’s all covered. Who said moving countries needs to be complicated?
• Relocation assistance — processing your legalization operations for you, assistance with finding residence, tax settlements, helping out with translations if needed, and much more —  we have dedicated teams to help make sure that all you need to feel right at home is taken care of.
• Polish lessons for foreign employees — and for your spouse or partner, too.
• Paid Leave — from 20 to 26 days of holiday for every team member per year, paid sick leave, and paid maternity & paternity leave.

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