Hardball Games are looking for a Lead Rendering Engineer to join their talented team in Brighton.

Hardball are a well-funded startup built around the Brighton-based makers of CSR Racing, Pure, Split Second, and most recently, LEGO Star Wars Battles on Apple Arcade. The core team has been working together for over fifteen years in one guise or another on console, PC, and mobile free-to-play. 

You will be a leader in graphics development on an exciting unannounced title. You have a flexible approach to aspects of the game rendering within the team. The role will also allow you to collaborate with artists to achieve team goals.

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role…

• Demonstrable work in design and implementation of advanced graphics techniques
• Experience meeting performance goals across a range of target hardware
• Experience of CPU, GPU, and asset optimisation
• Excellent ability in C#, C, or C++ and of HLSL, Cg, or GLSL
• Strong 3D maths skills
• Willing to pick up new languages and technologies
• The ability to collaborate and willingness to help others

It's a bonus if you have…

• Experience of Unity, another C# game engine, or Unreal
• Experience shipping one or more games
• Prior experience of providing mentoring and leadership within a code team
• Previous experience with large code bases and ability to work on code that you didn't write
• Applicated experience with implementing rendering solutions on mobile devices and consoles

Hardball are committed to providing a professional and inclusive working environment and a positive atmosphere. The studio offer pension, social events, and training opportunities, and a great home for creative talent.