Senior Software Engineer Rendering API
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Why PlayStation
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PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation technology and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.
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About the Advanced Technology Group
The Advanced Technology Group (ATG) is a part of Foundational Systems and Experiences Engineering (FSEE) within the Platform Business over 20 years ago as part ofPlayStationsfirst-party game development studios ATG has always focused on helping game developers get the most out of PlayStationhardware-a mission that continues to this a team weare responsibleforlarge partsof thegraphicssoftware stack used by all PlayStationgamesandcollaborate withleadingengineering teams worldwide from game developers to hardware vendors to deliver key platform technologies.
Whatyoullbe doing
- You will be working on thecurrent and futurerendering APIsused by PlayStation games as well as the hardware underpinning them.
- You will design and implement features that enable efficient game development push GPU programming forward and create a healthy platform.
- You willobserveindustry trends understanding of and empathy for our customers and business needs as the foundation of your decision making.
- You will help shape the path of the PlayStation graphics stack going forward.
- You will collaboratewith the platform software and hardware teams as well as game developers.
- You will often take the role as the game-developer advocate when working with the platform teams or the role as the platform-team advocate when working with game developers.
This is asenior position at the core of PlayStation GPU technologywith anunusualdegree ofinfluenceonfuture ofconsolegraphics-programming.ATG is granted a high degree of trust and autonomy in shaping the graphics software stack and we are looking for peoplewho are passionate about carrying this will not be spending your time in committee meetingsor writing endless proposals this is very much an engineering role where your primary role is todeterminewhat needs to be implemented how best to implement it and tothen sit downcode debug. We believe that this practical focus is crucial in building up the skill experience and insightrequiredto make the large-scale and long-term decisions we have been entrusted with.
What we are looking for
- Experience and interest in low-level graphics architecture and engineering.
- Experience writing rendering code on top of multiple existing rendering APIs.
- Experience writing rendering code on console.
- The ability to keep an eye on the big picture even whendeep in the weeds.
- Aneagernessto learn and to take responsibility for thelong run.
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