Expert Graphics Engineer

Owlchemy Labs•Austin, TX

4d•Remote

About The Position

Owls in this role prototype, develop, and release code to bring Owlchemy’s ideas to life. This is a full-time, work from home, 40-hours per week position. Core hours of work are Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CT. For Owls working outside of the Austin, TX area, travel to Austin may be required 4 to 6 times per year. Owlchemy provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. This job description doesn’t cover or contain a comprehensive listing of everything you might do at Owlchemy. As a small team of wildly talented individuals, we encourage career growth, exploration, and the wearing of many hats. As such, roles and responsibilities are collaborative and may change or evolve over time based on our needs and your particular skill set.

Requirements

Strong attention to detail
Strong, clear and proactive communicator across a variety of disciplines and levels
Deep Unity Programing Expertise (C#, HLSL)
Strong understanding of Unity’s Scriptable Render Pipeline and Universal Render Pipeline and underlying rendering technologies like Vulkan and OpenGL
Cross programming expertise (C++, Java, Python, etc.)
Deep graphics optimization expertise (Unity Profile, RenderDoc, hardware specifics)
Experience with XR platforms, tile-based renderers, and related technologies strongly preferred
High School Diploma or Equivalent
7+ years of graphics programming experience
Good understanding of all other disciplines in game development

Nice To Haves

10+ years of graphics programming experience
Appreciation of puns (or at least the ability to groan at them)

Responsibilities

Implement shaders, graphic systems, and visual tools based on direction from Design and Art teams including task owner
Assist with porting to new platforms accounting for best practices based on engine and platform requirements
Create tools to assist production as needed
Assist with optimization, especially of graphics-related issues, utilizing profiling tools and coding best practices
Develop and test code, fix bugs, and profile to optimize code as directed
Follow engineering best practices, development processes, and coding standards
Take ownership of tasks and authored features, ensuring owned features can be maintained and provide technical and design leadership for owned tasks
Seek feedback on owned tasks, including via playtests, other Owls and stakeholders
Evaluate new XR hardware and assist with R&D efforts
Collaborate with (or act as) Owners to break down large deliverables into more discrete tasking and provide accurate estimates to stakeholders
Collaborate with Owls cross-departmentally to meet task goals and determine code requirements
Keep up to date on the latest in development practices for Unity and XR and ensure distribution of that knowledge throughout team
Mentor other Owls on graphics best practices through one to one discussions, coding explanations, code reviews, and documentation creation, etc.