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Warner Bros. Discovery Senior Software Engineer, Graphics in Burbank, California
Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here.
Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.
Who We Are…
When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…
From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.
Warner Bros. Games New York works with some of the top talent in the game industry to build online competitive and social features for video games. Our highly experienced team of engineers utilize cutting-edge technology to build game services that are robust and scalable enough to support world-class developers such as NetherRealm Studios, Rocksteady, Monolith Productions, Warner Bros. Games Montréal, and more!
Your New Role...
WB Games NY is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Graphics. This role will collaborate in the envisioning, designing, and building of a wide variety of enterprise-level game development tools, pipelines, and services. The problem space ranges the gamut of games technology and will require an engineer with an exceptional ability to learn.
Critically, the role also requires an engineer who has passion for helping others achieve and is prepared to drive this through innovation and development to fill needs, such as shared technology or inter-studio communication platforms. Collaboration and co-development with the many WB Games studios will be a routine part of the role, giving exposure to the many tools and technologies developed around WB Games.
Your Role Accountabilities...
Collaborate with production, engineering, design, and art teams to identify and define feature requirements and contribute to the graphics technology roadmap
Research, develop, implement, and document performant solutions for high-quality rendering in AAA, real-time graphics
Perform CPU and GPU performance profiling and optimization on all supported platforms.
Collaborate with engineers in designs and code and architecture reviews
Qualifications & Experience...
6+ years of experience working in the game industry or related field
Strong development experience with Unreal is required
Understanding of computer architecture, CPUs, GPUs, multithreading, and memory systems on all relevant platforms
Strong understanding of rendering pipelines and industry graphics APIs
Demonstrated experience with development, deployment, and debugging on consoles
Ability to code and optimize C/C++ and shader code (HLSL or similar)
Strong demonstrated debugging skills on both CPU and GPU
Strong background in 3D math, linear programming, and computational geometry
Ability to work in environments with challenging problems and ambiguous requirements
Ability to collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to translate expressed needs into engineering requirements
Strong fundamentals in Computer Science and Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent experience
The Nice to Haves
Experience leading technical projects or as a lead engineer
Experience in and passion for real-time graphics and games development
Familiarity with PBR and ray-tracing
How We Get Things Done…
This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.
The Legal Bits…
In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery’s total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $99,750.00 - $185,250.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
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