Expert Graphics Engineer

Job Summary

Owls in this role prototype, develop, and release code to bring Owlchemy’s ideas to life.

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.