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Senior Graphics Engineer - VFX & Shader Authoring

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Strong experience as a Graphics Engineer in game development or related industry, with proven ownership of complex systems and the ability to drive architectural decisions toward modular, maintainable solutions.
  • Expertise in writing clean, high-performance C# and/or C++ code across the full software development lifecycle, with deep understanding of rendering pipelines, GPU architecture, and performance optimization techniques.
  • Knowledge of shader languages and shader language models (SM5.x, .x, Slang) and familiarity with Real-Time Particle Effects.
  • Familiarity with Unity is a plus, and a collaborative mindset with the ability to work with cross-functional teams (technical artists, UX designers, and graphics engineers) to create effective tools.

Requirements:

  • Develop, modernize, and document our graph-based authoring tools: VFX Graph and Shader Graph.
  • Design modular software systems that ensure these tools remain maintainable and future-proof.
  • Align with cross-functional stakeholders and engage with users to ensure our software meets current and future needs.
  • Collaborate with technical artists, UX designers, and graphics engineers to create smooth, intuitive, and powerful workflows.

Job description

The opportunity
Want to implement cutting-edge graphics algorithms and turn them into authoring tools that help users create great content quickly and intuitively? Ready to take ownership of system design end-to-end, shaping scalable, high-performance software architectures that bring these tools to life?

Unity Graphics is on a mission to rapidly advance innovation across our entire graphics stack, delivering the perfect balance of performance, quality, and the widest possible device reach. For this, we are looking for a Senior Graphics Engineer to join the team responsible for Shader Graph and VFX Graph.

What you'll be doing

  • Develop, modernize, and document our graph-based authoring tools: VFX Graph and Shader Graph.
  • Design modular software systems that ensure these tools remain maintainable and future-proof.
  • Align with cross-functional stakeholders and engage with users to ensure our software meets current and future needs.
  • Collaborate with technical artists, UX designers, and graphics engineers to create smooth, intuitive, and powerful workflows.
  • Contribute to a diverse, distributed team focused on helping our developer community succeed.

What we're looking for

  • Strong experience as a Graphics Engineer in game development or a related industry.
  • Proven ownership of complex systems, with the ability to drive architectural decisions and align stakeholders toward modular, maintainable solutions.
  • A collaborative mindset with a focus on finding the best solutions.
  • Expertise in writing clean, high-performance C# and/or C++ code, with experience across the full software development lifecycle.
  • Deep understanding of rendering pipelines, GPU architecture, and performance optimization techniques.
  • Knowledge of shader languages and shader language models (SM5.x, .x, Slang).
  • Familiarity with Real-Time Particle Effects.
  • Familiarity with Unity is a plus.

Additional information

  • Relocation support is not available for this position
  • Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

Benefits
At Unity, we want our team members to thrive. We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support well-being and work-life balance.

Please note: Benefits eligibility, specific offerings, and coverage vary based on the country and employment status.

While specific benefits vary, here are some of the ways we strive to take care of our eligible team members globally: Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance | Commute subsidy | Employee stock ownership | Competitive retirement/pension plans | Generous vacation and personal days | Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs | Office food snacks | Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support | Employee Resource Groups | Global Employee Assistance Program | Training and development programs | Volunteering and donation matching program

Life at Unity
Unity [NYSE: U] is the world’s leading game engine, powering play for more than 3 billion consumers each month. The top mobile games in the world, the most played PC indie titles, the most innovative console games, and virtually all of the top XR and Web Games are developed, deployed, and grown in Unity. Unity also enables teams across industries like automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare to design, simulate, and collaborate in 3D — closing the gap between ideas and reality. For more information, please visit www.unity.com.

Unity is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Our differences are strengths that enable us to support the growing and evolving needs of our customers, partners, and collaborators. If you have a disability that means there are preparations or accommodations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please fill out this form to let us know.

This position requires the incumbent to have a sufficient knowledge of English to have professional verbal and written exchanges in this language since the performance of the duties related to this position requires frequent and regular communication with colleagues and partners located worldwide and whose common language is English.

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