Game Developer - Remote Contract

About the Role

We are engaging a Game Developer with a focus on tools and modding engineering to create highly efficient, real-time applications. This position involves working beyond gameplay mechanics, emphasizing graphics system design, rendering pipelines, and low-level optimization utilizing APIs such as DirectX (DX11/12), Vulkan, OpenGL, or comparable technologies in a remote setup.

Primary Responsibilities

• Architect and implement game systems and engine-level functionalities primarily using C++ and gaming engines.
• Develop and maintain tools specific to game modding and support.
• Design and enhance rendering pipelines, shaders, and systems for real-time graphics rendering.
• Optimize performance across CPU, GPU, memory management, and rendering tasks.
• Create and extend development tools, engine pipelines, and systems that bolster the production process.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams comprising designers, artists, and engineers to achieve quality in output.
• Investigate and resolve complex issues related to rendering performance and compatibility across platforms.
• Maintain high standards in coding by producing clean, efficient, and well-documented source code.
• Engage in code reviews and contribute thoughtfully to technical strategies and decisions.

Required Qualifications

• Between three to six years' practical experience in game development or real-time graphics programming.
• Proficient knowledge of C++ programming language.
• Practical experience with at least one graphics API such as DirectX (DX11/12), Vulkan, OpenGL, or Metal.
• Comprehensive understanding of rendering pipelines mechanisms.
• Deep knowledge of shader programming, including HLSL and GLSL.
• Strong foundation in 3D mathematics and real-time graphics theories.
• Experience working with Unreal Engine or similar game engines.
• Abilities in optimizing performance across CPU, GPU, memory, and multithreaded environments.
• Exceptional debugging skills and analytical problem-solving capabilities.
• Comfortable working autonomously within a fully remote and geographically distributed team.

Preferred Experience

• Experience customizing game engines or working on foundational systems development.
• Familiarity with popular profiling tools such as RenderDoc, PIX, Nsight, etc.
• Background working on projects that require cross-platform support or operate in constrained performance environments.
• Knowledge of developing tools, pipelines, or editor extensions.
• Experience with multiplayer or large-scale system architectures.