Advanced Software Engineer (Graphics)

divspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"Job Title: Advanced Software Engineer/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"Team:/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" Graphics/span/divdivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"Reporting into:/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" Lead Software Engineer (Graphics)/span/divdivbspan style="font-family: Archia;"Hybrid working status:/span/bspan style="font-family: Archia;" Fully remote available/Hybridbr /br //span/divdivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"Studio Overviewbr //span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;background: white;"We are Sports Interactive /spanspan style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji' , sans-serif;background: white;" /spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" br /br //span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;background: white;"The gaming studio behind: /spanspan style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji' , sans-serif;background: white;"⚽/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;background: white;" Football Manager./spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" br /br //span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;background: white;"Founded in 1994, Sports Interactive became a wholly owned subsidiary of SEGA Europe in 2006. Based at the Here East technology hub in Stratford, East London, the SI team continues to expand as we bring our titles to an ever-growing audience across an increasing variety of platforms./spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" br /br //span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;background: white;"To support our growth, we welcome the opportunity to connect with passionate people with the drive to match our ambitions and initiative to realise your individual potential./spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" br /br //span/divdivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"Position Overview/span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"Continually improving the visual quality and performance of Football Manager is one of our main goals, and we are looking for an experienced, passionate graphics software engineer to join our team.br /br //span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"In this role you will collaborate with peers in the Graphics Team as well as work closely with the Art Department to implement features across all the platforms and devices we support.br /br //span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"We are using Unity as our game engine, so experience in this technology is critical for the role.br /br //span/divdivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"Key Responsibilities/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" /span/divul style="margin-top: 0.0px;"lispan style="font-family: Archia;"Design, implement, and maintain cutting/spanspan style="font-family: 'Cambria Math' , serif;"‑/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;"edge rendering systems in Unity related to environments, characters as well as lighting and the post-processing stack./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Develop and optimize shaders and rendering code in Unity for multiple platforms./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Profile and optimize rendering performance and memory usage across target platforms./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Build and maintain tools to improve artist workflows./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Implement automated tests and asset validation tools./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Debug rendering issues and ensure visual fidelity within performance constraints./spanspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';" /span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Collaborate with artists and engineers to create scalable, high-quality rendering solutions./spanspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';" /span/li/uldivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"Knowledge, Skills, and Experience/span/divdivbspan style="font-family: Archia;"Essential:/span/b/divul style="margin-top: 0.0px;"lispan style="font-family: Archia;"10+ years professional C# (and/or C++) graphics/spanspan style="font-family: 'Cambria Math' , serif;"‑/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;"engineering experience, with multiple shipped titles on at least two of: PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, iOS./spanspan   /spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" /span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Solid understanding of GPU architectures, rendering techniques, and graphics performance optimization./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Deep understanding of 3D math, including linear algebra and transformations./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Strong knowledge of Unity’s SRP architecture, including implementation of bespoke Render Features./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Deep experience writing optimized HLSL shaders for multiple platforms./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Experience with analysis tools like Unity’s Profile Analyzer and Memory Profiler as well as RenderDoc, PIX, or NSight./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Strong software engineering skills, including clean code architecture and performance-focused development./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Experience with asset pipelines, understanding how assets move from DCC tools to Unity./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Demonstrated ability to drive technical decisions, produce design RFCs, and persuade stakeholders through clear written and verbal communication./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Excellent mentorship and technical leadership skills; comfortable guiding other senior engineers./span/li/uldivbspan style="font-family: Archia;"Desirable:/span/b/divul style="margin-top: 0.0px;"lispan style="font-family: Archia;"Experience with GI solutions for procedurally generated scenes./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Knowledge of HDRP and ability to work across multiple rendering pipelines./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Experience with testing methodologies in C# and Unity./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Experience developing C++ native plugins for Unity./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Experience of developing for iOS, Android, Switch./span/lilispan style="font-family: Archia;"Familiarity with low-level graphics APIs such as DirectX 11/12, Metal, or Vulkan./span/li/uldivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"Benefits of Working at Sports Interactive:/span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"A flexible working policy to best suit you and your team. /spanspan style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji' , sans-serif;" /spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"Subsidised mental health, therapy and coaching sessions are available. /spanspan style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji' , sans-serif;" /spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 7% of annual salary). /spanspan style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji' , sans-serif;" /spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"Free onsite evening bar in the Sports Interactive London HQ. /spanspan style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji' , sans-serif;" /spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"A well-stocked breakfast bar with cereals, fruits, teas, and coffees. /spanspan style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji' , sans-serif;" /spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"Regular events in collaboration with our partnered football clubs. /spanspan style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji' , sans-serif;" ️/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"Access to our on-site physical and massage therapist services. /spanspan style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji' , sans-serif;" /spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"Multiple clubs and societies to join e.g., book club and art workshops. /spanspan style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji' , sans-serif;" /spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"Free access to games released under the SEGA Europe umbrella. /spanspan style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji' , sans-serif;" ️/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"A range of Gym Membership options through our Benefits partners. /spanspan style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji' , sans-serif;" ️/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"Fully Subsidised Healthcare and Dental Plans. /spanspan style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji' , sans-serif;" /spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"Free Travel Insurance for yourself and your family. /spanspan style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji' , sans-serif;"✈️/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"A personalized football shirt upon passing probation. /spanspan style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji' , sans-serif;" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';" /span/divdivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"What is it like to work here?/span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: Archia;" /span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: Archia;"We approach everything with bpassion/b, whether that is making our mark on the gaming and football industries or doing our bit for the world around us. We want to share that outlook with everyone who shows up to work here each day. /span/divdivspan style="font-family: Archia;"For us, talent wins games, but teamwork wins titles. Collaboration is the key to constantly topping our best. We believe beveryone matters/b, no matter which part of the business you are in, so we encourage and support our people in driving your own growth and realising your full potential. But, more than anything else, we are a team. A team with a down-to-earth dynamic, that has a lot of fun doing what we do./span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: Archia;"And whether that’s technical tweaks or fine-tuning our creative process, everything is geared at producing the best game possible for our players. To do that, we need to be tenacious and move quickly, and not be afraid of switching things up. It is these principles that have enabled us to produce a game that has defined year after year, and that will continue to push us for many more to come./span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: Archia;"/span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: Archia;"Our flexible working culture gives you the opportunity to optimise your workload, with in-office, hybrid, and remote working options dependent on role. So, if you want a work/life balance, we are behind you. Because while we live to create extraordinary games, we know that is not all you have got going on. You can trust that we always keep things in perspective, fostering an environment bwhere work can be more than just a job/b./span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: Archia;"/span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: Archia;"We’re also a London Living Wage employer, boast one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry and are proud to have won the ‘Best Places to Work’ award by Gamesindustry.biz in large company category in 2023./span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-family: Archia;"/span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"ispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Archia;"We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from any relevant candidate irrespective of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief. /span/ispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Archia;" /span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"ispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Archia;"SI is proudly a Disability Confident Committed employer, and we are dedicated to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible. Our studio has disabled access and facilities but please ensure you advise us if you require any other reasonable adjustments to be made to support you during the recruitment process./span/ispan style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Archia;" /span/divdiv style="line-height: 107.0%;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height: 107.0%;font-family: Archia;"/span/divdivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"Our Values:/span/divdivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"Keep collaborating:/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" Teamwork wins titles - Here, ideas belong to everyone, whatever department you’re part of. Collaboration lets us score more as a team than we could individually.span style="color: rgb(15,71,97);" /span/span/divdivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"Be flexible:/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" We think fast and adapt faster. The football and entertainment worlds never stand still, so we keep progressing and switching things up to stay ahead.span style="color: rgb(15,71,97);" /span/span/divdivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"Stay Tenacious/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;": We don’t overlook the details. Everything we do is about producing the best game possible, in other words, never settle.span style="color: rgb(15,71,97);" /span/span/divdivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"Show Ambition:/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" Let your drive lead the way - Your individual outlook can give everyone the edge. Make the studio’s purpose personal and let your drive lead the way.span style="color: rgb(15,71,97);" /span/span/divdivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"Bring the Passion:/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" Have fun doing your thing - Don’t be fooled, what we do is not a game. Making our players’ passion come to life is our passion.span style="color: rgb(15,71,97);" /span/span/divdivspan style="font-family: 'Archia SemiBold';"Consider the Bigger Picture:/spanspan style="font-family: Archia;" Keep things in perspective - We want our impact to be a positive one. From built-in work/life balance to initiatives covering the most important topics of today, we have what matters in focus./span/div