DescriptionWere looking for a Senior Graphics Programmer to join our award winning team in Middlesbrough (UK) home to the beautiful North Yorkshire coastline and countryside.
As a Senior Graphics Programmer at Double Eleven youll be part of an incredible team of developers working on some of the best selling franchises of all time. Youll be implementing graphical rendering techniques and effects sharing your graphics knowledge and working closely with other departments to create or improve art asset creation and workflow.
As a global gaming company weve enabled millions to conquer Minecraft Dungeons battle in Rust Console Edition and create new adventures in Fallout 76.
Recently we collaborated with Rockstar Games to bring Red Dead Redemption to the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 as well as partnered with Obsidian Entertainment on Grounded: Fully Yoked Edition for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 and 5.
Double Eleven is a place where our people come first. Our 400person team proudly represents over 30 nationalities.
We strive to avoid crunch we offer flexible working hours to allow you to truly enjoy work/life balance whilst making great games and any overtime is always planned optional and paid.
We can support UK relocation and have both a dedicated People and Operation teams on standby to assist you.
On this occasion were unable to sponsor a visa for this role.
What youll be doing
- Implement graphical rendering techniques and effects
- Work closely with other departments to create or improve art asset creation and workflow
- Sharing graphics knowledge with other members of the programming team
- Work as part of a small but perfectly formed closeknit team where your opinion and efforts count
What were looking for
- Ability to effectively transition techniques between console and PC APIs ( consoleexclusive optimisation tricks to Vulkan/DX12 equivalents)
- Ability to identify bottlenecks in C or GPUside code and implements efficient solutions
- Ability to explain advanced techniques like PBR ray tracing and GI in ways understandable to engineers artists and clients
- Communicate effectively with content creators using tools like Maya or Max to ensure asset pipelines align with rendering goals
- Adaptability to new APIs
- Shader development and optimisation experience
- Proven experience in crossdisciplinary collaboration
- Ability to keep up to date with and integrate tools like DLSS FSR or custom shader compilers into the rendering pipeline
Qualifications
- All relevant qualifications considered
What to expect
Some of our benefits include:
Working life at Double Eleven
- Start your day any time between 8:00am and 10:00am
- 35 working hours per week with a 1 hour lunch break (with the opportunity to flex down to 30 minutes or up to 2 hours)
- Opportunity to apply for hybrid working (up to 2 days working from home per week)
- 28 days annual leave 20 days annual leave 8 days bank holiday)
- 1 day leave for your birthday and 1 day leave if youre moving house
- Up to 10 days discretionary annual leave during our end of year break
- Potential for annual performance bonus
- 5 additional days annual leave for 5 years service and a further 5 days annual leave for your 10 years service milestone
- A brand new stateoftheart studio facilities that includes a market hall serving nutritious subsidised meals roundtheclock gym access an auditorium and more
- Free breakfast options juice hot drinks and fruit
- Employee referral bonus (up to 2000!
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Free game codes game swag and merchandise
- Familyfriendly leave available
- Christmas Saving Scheme
- Free parking
- Bestinclass tools and workflows so you can focus on creativity
Professional development and wellbeing
- Vitality Private Healthcare discounts and rewards for you your spouse and children (upon the successful completion of your 6 month probationary period)
- Access to mental health and wellbeing support via Plumm (includes 4 free video therapy sessions per month for both the employee and up to 3 family members aged 18 unlimited text therapy courses meditations
- A personalised development plan with dedicated support tailored to your growth and goals
- Access to an accredited Academy providing professional qualifications (and access to 500 UK discounts and offers via TOTUM when registered as a student)
- A dedicated Workplace Experience team responsible for work environments workplace and quality of employee life services to help foster collaboration creativity and innovation
- Instudio wellbeing programmes and People team support
Team life
- Free activities via our Bus Tours programme (where on occasion partners and children are welcome to join you)
- Many team events to celebrate team and game milestones
- Sponsored team activities including football basketball book club movie club and more
- Opportunity to contribute to our internal Employee Diversity and Equality Network
Ways to reach us
If you have a general query or if you need support with your application and/or an alternative way to apply please do not hesitate to contact our Talent team at
Required Experience:
Senior IC