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Lead Graphics Engineer

Irvine, CA · On-site

$150K - $275K/yr

LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS is a leading global game developer, with teams across China, United States, Singapore, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and United Arab Emirates.

Lightspeed's Dealer Management Solution (DMS) enables dealerships to optimize their end-to-end ... Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform) and DevOps practices * Understanding of code ...

Gameplay Engineer II

Irvine, CA · On-site

$78K - $202K/yr

Lightspeed LA is focused on building open‑world games that emphasize an ambitious living world ... What the Role Entails Lightspeed LA is seeking a talented and enthusiastic gameplay engineer to ...

Define the multi-year vision, strategy, and roadmap for agentic engineering at Lightspeed, translating business and product priorities into a platform investment plan. * Build and lead the teams ...

... engineering, data platform, and cross-functional teams to keep dealer data flowing accurately across all Lightspeed data platforms. This role has direct impact on dealer-facing data integrity: the ...

... engineering, data platform, and cross-functional teams to keep dealer data flowing accurately across all Lightspeed data platforms. This role has direct impact on dealer-facing data integrity: the ...

... Lightspeed products. What you should have: Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in product design, business management, or engineering (MBA preferred). * Ability to work on multiple ...

... Lightspeed products. What you should have: Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in product design, business management, or engineering (MBA preferred). * Ability to work on multiple ...

Senior Gameplay Engineer

Irvine, CA · On-site

$116K - $269K/yr

Lightspeed LA focuses on building open‑world games that emphasize an ambitious living world ... Collaborate directly and proactively with engineers, designers, artists, and QA to explore and ...

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Lead Graphics Engineer

Irvine, CA • On-site

$150K - $275K/yr

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Posted 23 days ago


Key responsibilities

  • Own the VFX rendering pipeline and tools to ensure efficient and high-quality visual effects.

  • Design, implement, and evolve rendering techniques and solutions to push visual boundaries.

  • Collaborate with the VFX team and stakeholders to gather technical constraints and develop appropriate solutions.


Job description

Responsibilities:

LightSpeed LA is seeking a talented and enthusiastic Lead Graphics Engineer to join our new studio in sunny Irvine, California. The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for games and enabling content creators to deliver the most polished experience for our players and push the boundaries of what we can do today. Join our team of industry veterans and help us build a team and culture of respect that pushes boundaries while having lots of fun.

Position Overview:

  • Help maintain a culture of fast iteration and practical problem solving
  • Own the VFX rendering pipeline and tools
  • Work with the VFX team to get the most out of the system and implement new solutions to enable them to push the bar higher
  • Evolve iteratively existing systems into state of the art solutions
  • Design and implement new and existing rendering related techniques
  • Implement innovative solutions to feature requests, taking account performance, maintainability and appropriate resource usage, creating stunning industry defining visuals
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyze technical constraints and establish solutions
  • Mentor other engineers, help the engineering team to solve technical problems
Requirements:
  • Minimum 5 years’ experience in video game development; Unreal engine experience is a plus
  • Strong understanding of graphic technologies; experiences with physical simulation will be a plus
  • Thorough understanding of modern GPU architecture, such as PC / PS / XBOX
  • Experience with DX12, Vulkan or other modern graphics or compute APIs
  • Experience with HLSL/GLSL or other equivalent Shader languages
  • Deep understanding of performance considerations, with the ability to design and implement well-performing systems/features
  • Proven ability to debug defects of reasonable complexity, including memory-related issues, multi-threading, and assembly level debugging
  • Good communication skills that support an open and enthusiastic working environment
  • Self-driven with a strong sense of quality

Preferred:

  • Experience working on AAA games
  • Shipped a title on PC and/or Consoles

Location: California

The base pay range for this position in California is $150,000 to $275,500 per year. Actual pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign-on payment, relocation package, and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, as well as other medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the specific position offered.

LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS is a leading global game developer, with teams across China, United States, Singapore, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and United Arab Emirates.

LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS has created over 50 games across multiple platforms and genres for more than 4 billion registered users. It is the co-developer of the worldwide hit PUBG MOBILE (co-developed with KRAFTON, Inc.).

LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS is made up of passionate players who advance the art & science of game development through great stories, great gameplay, and advanced technology. We are focused on bringing next-generation experiences to gamers who want to enjoy them anywhere, anytime, across multiple genres and devices.

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