Principal Software Engineer Graphics
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$ 246100 - 369100
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Principal Software Engineer Graphics
San Mateo CA
As a Principal Software Engineer you will be a lead member of the team partnering with Product Management Architects Engineering and Game Studios. You have extensive handson technical expertise coupled with ingenuity broad industry knowledge and excellent communication skills. And you will use your understanding of Android game engines graphics GPUs and constraints to help pave the way for future innovation on our platforms.
You will drive the graphics platform direction for our nextgeneration mobile application applying industry standard best practices and implementation to fluid performant experiences with maximum extensivity. Participate in product roadmap discussions identify key areas for improvement in the product and incorporate these goals into ongoing and future development initiatives.
Responsibilities:
Lead design build and integrate graphics frameworks to streamline development across mobile teams enhancing efficiency and collaboration.
Design and develop code and frameworks that bridge between Android and the underlying GPU drivers and hardware to accelerate and optimize rendering enhance memory consumption CPU and GPU efficiency crash rates and overall system health.
Collaborate closely with global game studios teams of UI designers and product managers to translate requirements into actionable work packages creating graphics frameworks and optimizations.
Represent the team in technical forums by presenting designs sharing knowledge and contributing insights to other Sony development groups.
Identify performance bottlenecks and craft solutions to improve customer delight.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
10 years of experience in developing AAA and mobile games or graphics platforms.
Have a profound understanding of stateoftheart graphics and lighting techniques.
Have a solid understanding of 3D mathematics rendering algorithms and shader development.
Have uptodate knowledge of APIs such as DirectX 11/12 and OpenGL 4.x and Vulkan.
Demonstrated ability to lead realtime rendering GPU and CPU profiling and optimizing GPU shaders.
Expert in C and other applicable programming and shader language
Expert in multithreaded programming in Unreal and other game engines
Have taken a project from scoping requirements to the actual launch of a product at global scale
Ability to build strong partnerships with architects and engineers to influence technology decisions
Accel at documenting designs implementation and tests for international teams
Experience with opensource contributions especially library development
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Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on jobrelated factors which may include knowledge skills experience and location.
In addition this role is eligible for SIEs toptier benefits package that includes medical dental vision matching 401(k) paid time off wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Clickhere to learn more.
The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.
$246100 $369100 USD
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity gender expression and gender reassignment) race (including colour nationality ethnic or national origin) religion or belief marital or civil partnership status disability age sexual orientation pregnancy maternity or parental status trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
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Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full Time
