Senior Rendering Engineer of Core Technology Group

Headquartered just north of San Francisco, with offices spanning the globe across the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia, 2K is a videogame publisher managing some of the most creative, respected and premium brands in games today.

2K is looking for a high value individual contributor who: Can develop new techniques for real-time rendering that enable our artists to tell stories in near motion picture quality; Has a familiarity with the state of the art in real-time rendering algorithms used in games, implementation best practices and performance trade-offs; Has a wealth of experience, but is still eager to expand their knowledge base.

* Investigate, prototype, and implement solutions for high-fidelity rendering in a real-time context * Effectively analyze and diagnose visual quality or rendering performance problems * Extend and create solutions for lighting ,VFX and post-processing * Work with artists to develop and implement their vision * Keep abreast of the latest developments in rendering through conferences and publications

We are looking for someone with a deep and intuitive knowledge of the theoretical fundamentals of rendering. You’ll also need to have an understanding of contemporary game graphics platforms, including low-level familiarity with console platforms from the graphics API level down to CPU & GPU functionality and performance. * 5+ years of professional game development experience focused on graphics including at least some development experience with current gen console hardware * Performance minded development and optimization skills with results oriented approaches and thinking * Deep understanding of current graphics hardware and tools, with a keen focus on measurement and analysis to improve rendering performance * Solid foundation in 3D math, algorithms, and modern computing fundamentals * Previous experience implementing real time global illumination solutions