Software Engineer II - Rendering

TL;DR

Software Engineer II (Rendering): Develop and improve the cross-platform rendering hardware abstraction layer, focusing on lower power devices and collaboration with rendering teams globally. Focus on resolving device differences, performance analysis, and low-level performance profiling.

Location: Hybrid in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Company

Electronic Arts creates entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world.

What you will do

• Engineer C++ rendering back ends for Vulkan, Metal, and proprietary APIs.
• Implement and support HLSL (shader language) on multiple platforms.
• Resolve device differences in performance and output.
• Perform CPU and GPU performance analyses for internal and external teams.
• Develop low-level performance profiling and optimization projects.
• Collaborate across team and discipline boundaries.

Requirements

• C++ knowledge with 3+ years of professional programming experience in real-time rendering.
• Experience using a low-level graphics API (e.g., DX12, Vulkan, Metal, or console).
• Experience working in rendering on recent platforms (e.g., Switch, Android, iOS, Mac, PC, PS5, or XBSX).
• Experience with Graphics Debugging Tools (e.g., Pix, Renderdoc, Xcode, or console).
• Knowledgeable of modern CPU/GPU hardware architecture.
• Experience with memory management and multi-threading.

Culture & Benefits

• Employee assistance program, including coaching and therapy sessions.
• Inclusive parental leave policy.
• 17.5% annual leave loading.
• Bonus end of year leave days.
• Volunteer leave and charitable donation matching.
• Flexible work reimbursement program for working from home and/or commuting expenses.