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We have developed multiple award-winning titles, including: Warhammer 40,000: Freeblade, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realm War; and we’re now excited to be exclusively working on a new game, unlike ANYTHING we’ve done previously!\nAs a forward thinking and innovative studio we are always looking for new technologies and techniques to develop and use in our games and make them even more engaging experiences for our customers.\nWe are excited to continue to grow our team and are always on the lookout for highly talented and motivated individuals, who are passionate about gaming and excited to join us on our ambitious journey!\nThe Role:\nJoin Pixel Toys as a Graphics Programmer at Pixel Toys where you will play a central role in establishing graphics quality and performance across our multi-platform titles, with a strong focus on mobile hardware. Working in a flexible and collaborative environment, you will bring your technical ideas to enrich both the final visual experience and team dynamics.\nPartnering closely with Technical Artists, Engineers, and Designers you will architect, prototype, and implement graphics systems that achieve an exceptional balance between visual polish and runtime efficiency.\nYour day-to-day will involve writing and maintaining high-quality shaders and graphical features while carefully accounting for mobile hardware constraints such as memory usage, overdraw, and thermal throttling. You will take ownership of profiling and investigating performance bottlenecks across diverse devices, utilising mobile graphics APIs like Vulkan and Metal to resolve visual anomalies. From optimising render pipelines to managing post-processing, culling, LODing, and lightmapping, you will ensure the stability and efficiency of our graphics codebase across a wide spectrum of target hardware.\nAbout you:\nAs a Graphics Programmer bring professional programming experience in C# or C++, backed by a practical understanding of coding standards, software architecture, and graphics pipelines.\nWe would love to see experience across some of the following areas:\nShader Programming:Practical experience with HLSL, GLSL, or CG shader development, ideally utilising Physically Based Rendering (PBR) workflows.\nRender Pipelines:Familiarity with Unity Scriptable Render Pipelines (SRPs), including shader keywords, variants, batching, render passes, and custom renderer features.\nMobile Profiling & Optimisation:Hands-on experience with on-device mobile graphics profiling, debugging, and performance optimisation across Android or iOS hardware.\nGraphics APIs:A working familiarity with modern mobile graphics APIs such as Vulkan and Metal.\n3D Math & Asset Optimisation:A solid foundation in 3D math and experience optimising art assets, including post-processing, culling, LOD systems, and lightmaps.\nCollaborative Mindset:An eye for visual detail, effective problem-solving skills, and a collaborative approach to working alongside technical artists and cross-functional game teams.\nWhat can Pixel Toys offer?\nAt Pixel Toys we are proud of the progressive, inclusive, and collaborative working environment we have created; a place where everyone has the opportunity to be themselves and is welcomed and valued for who they are and what they contribute. 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