Senior Rendering Programmer

Company Description

People Can Fly is one of the leading independent AAA game development studios. Our international team consists of hundreds of talented individuals working from offices in Poland, the UK, Ireland, the US, and Canada, as well as remotely across the globe.

Founded in 2002, we made our mark on the shooter genre with titles such as Painkiller, Bulletstorm, Gears of War: Judgment, and Outriders. As one of the most experienced Unreal Engine studios in the industry, we continue to expand on our expertise and push the boundaries of what’s possible in game development.

Our creative teams are currently working on several exciting titles: Gears of War: E-Day developed in collaboration with Microsoft; Project Echo for KRAFTON; and Lost Rift, an original IP we are developing in-house under our self-publishing model. We are also exploring new platforms and experiences with VR and other unannounced projects.

With over 20 years of experience, PCF continues to explore new horizons. We aim to combine our expertise with the creativity of the best and most forward-thinking talent in the industry, building the next generation of action games for players worldwide.

If you join us on this journey, you’ll have the chance to perfect your craft, expand your knowledge, and work alongside industry leaders to create unique, unforgettable experiences for gamers everywhere.

Job Description

Main goal of the role:

Profile, optimize and create new graphics features for a AAA game on a proprietary engine.

Collaboration within the studio:

Tech Art, Engine programmers, VFX Art, Character Art and Environment Art

Duties:

Core:

• Propose, implement, own tasks and features in a timely fashion.
• Provide regular updates to the production.
• Collaborating with the client to integrate and develop shared components, and augment stability/features of shared modules.
• Consider the performance of the engine in general and of the work that you do.
• Breakdown your own tasks, update your progress, ask questions and raise issues to relevant stakeholders as well as proposing solutions when needed.
• Work closely with Principal and project Architect to implement high quality features and code, proactively identify and address risk with the team.
• Proactively participate in code reviews to share knowledge and learn from other team members.
• Occasionally support Lead in recruitment projects with HR collaboration.
• Stay informed of best practices and technical solutions used at the company.
• Work with QA teams to define testing requirements for new and existing features.

Graphics:

• Design, implement and maintain new rendering systems.
• Creating performance and memory optimization for rendering features.
• Test existing graphics systems and propose new systems and features implementations whenever it is cost-effective.
• Test, debug, profile, optimize and document implementations.

Qualifications

Must have qualifications:

• Excellent primary programming language skills.
• Good knowledge of Source Control and Code Review tools (Swarm, Perforce, Git, etc.).
• Good knowledge of Project Management Software (JIRA, Confluence, etc.).
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Excellent rendering knowledge including but not limited to Graphics pipeline (all stages) including compute pipeline, Material system (including material layers, material baker and virtual texturing), Culling systems (portal culling, GPU occlusion and cluster culling, indirect culling), Post-processing effects (including HDR rendering and setting up all pipelines for content creators), GPU profiling, Lighting and shadows (including clustered shading and virtual shadow maps), Debugging rendering issues (including GPU crushes and GPU hangs), Mathematics for rendering, Any high level shader language (HLSL, GLSL, Cg, PSSL).
• Good game engine knowledge (Unreal or proprietary).
• Expertise in writing code that runs seamlessly across different platforms and compilers.
• Ability to write solid, reliable, efficient code.
• Good mentoring skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

Software:

JIRA, Confluence, Swarm, Perforce, Graphics Debugging & Profiling Tools (Razor, RenderDoc, Intel GPA, NVIDIA NSight, etc.)

Experience:

• 6+ years experience working in console / PC games
• Involved in the production cycle of at least 1 title

Nice to have:

• Experience with other programming languages
• Experience working with multi-threaded systems
• Performance and memory optimization skills

Additional Information

What we offer:

• Benefit package 100% paid by PCF. The insurance company reimburses 100% of claims (Up to $1000 per service a year, as well as individual family coverage).
• Full Dental coverage, including major dental.
• 4% RRSP matching before tax deductions, 100% vested on day 1.
• Paid week off during the Winter Holidays.
• 20 paid vacation days and 5 paid sick days.
• Free virtual health and mental well-being sessions are included in the plan for members and their dependents.
• Personal development opportunities and ability to work in a global environment.
• Work in a creative team with people full of passion for what they do.