Game Developer - Remote

Job Overview

We are looking for a skilled Game Developer specializing in game tools and modding engineering to join our client's team remotely. This role focuses on creating high-performance real-time applications and requires expertise beyond standard gameplay programming, focusing heavily on graphics systems, rendering pipelines, and low-level optimizations using APIs like DirectX (DX11 and DX12), Vulkan, OpenGL, or similar.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and implement game engine features and systems with a focus on C++ and game engine technologies.
• Create and enhance game-related tools and modding functionalities.
• Develop and optimize rendering pipelines, shaders, and real-time graphics mechanisms.
• Improve performance across CPU, GPU, memory areas, and rendering tasks.
• Extend and maintain tools, engine systems, and development pipelines.
• Collaborate across teams including designers and artists to ensure quality experiences.
• Identify and resolve complex issues surrounding rendering, performance, and cross-platform compatibility.
• Produce organised, well-documented, and maintainable source code.
• Engage in code reviews and support technical decision-making processes.

Required Qualifications

• Between 3 to 6 years of practical experience in game development or real-time graphics programming.
• Strong command of C++ programming.
• Proficient with at least one major graphics API such as DirectX (DX11/12), Vulkan, OpenGL, or Metal.
• Thorough knowledge of rendering pipelines and shader languages like HLSL or GLSL.
• Understanding of 3D mathematics and real-time graphics fundamentals.
• Experience with Unreal Engine or comparable game engines.
• Skills in performance tuning targeting CPU, GPU, memory, and multithreading optimizations.
• Excellent debugging and analytical problem-solving abilities.
• Comfortable working autonomously in a remote, distributed team environment.

Preferred Skills

• Background in engine-level customization and low-level system development.
• Experience with graphics profiling tools such as RenderDoc, PIX, Nsight.
• Exposure to cross-platform development and optimization in resource-limited scenarios.
• Knowledge of tooling development, pipelines management, or editor extension creation.
• Experience in multiplayer systems or large-scale game architectures.