Principal Rendering Engineer

About the role

Join some of the best Graphics Engineers in the world supporting the largest immersive 3D streaming environment deployed across console, desktop, mobile, and VR. As a Rendering Engineer, you will solve difficult challenges while continuing to build high-speed, completely dynamic environments connected on all devices. Many established rendering techniques do not trivially apply to our platform—novel solutions are needed as we push Roblox toward higher targets of visual fidelity. Even simpler visuals supported on low-power devices are enabled by creative rendering ideas, often centered around caching, incremental computation, and graceful degradation. All of this is based on an in-house rendering engine built from the ground up, supporting DirectX 9/11, OpenGL, GNM, Metal, and Vulkan APIs.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and implement rendering techniques to make Roblox graphics more immersive and expressive.
• Learn about our community and work with technical artists to understand the present and future needs of our creators.
• Help improve the performance and stability of our game engine.
• Work with other engineering and art teams.
• Take ownership of a project throughout its full lifecycle.

Requirements

• Knowledge of C++ and shading languages.
• Knowledge of 3D math and computer graphics-related algorithms.
• Knowledge of one or more GPU APIs (OpenGL, DirectX, and similar).
• The ability to reason about code performance and memory consumption.
• 6+ years of experience in real-time rendering.
• Interest in creating creative rendering techniques.
• Passion about the state-of-the-art in rendering research.
• Mobile or console development experience.

Benefits

All full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and benefits.

Pay

Annual Salary Range: $295,250—$345,040 USD (dependent upon professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs, and market demand).

Schedule

Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday.