Rendering Programmer

About the Company

Warner Bros. Discovery, a premier global media and entertainment company, offers audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, streaming and gaming. The new company combines WarnerMedia's premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery's leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.

About WB Games Montréal

WB Games Montréal is a division of Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment (WBIE). Founded in 2010, we are 300+ creative team members strong who join forces every day to create unforgettable AAA experiences across all platforms.

Job Description

WB Central Games Technologies (CGT)  and  WB Games Montreal , a division of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (WBIE), are seeking a  Programmer, Rendering  with rendering and platform optimization experience to join our talented team working on unannounced AAA console titles.

As a member of the central programming team, you will collaborate with designers, artists, and technology leads at several WB Games studios to develop immersive gameplay experiences with industry leading visuals. Specifically, you will be working to support a talented team of expert programmers that are building a vision for future games at Warner Bros. and will be partnered directly with games in development, including projects at Avalanche Software and NetherRealm.

Your New Role…

In this role, you will work as part of a programming team to develop, maintain, and optimize systems and tools related to game rendering and platform-specific features. You will coordinate with and support other departments to ensure continuous debugging of issues. You will play a key role in solving problems or situations that impact your team and projects. You will ensure that the technical documentation related to the development of the team is complete and up to date.

Your responsibilities include the design, authoring, maintenance and refactoring of visual and effects systems. You should have a strong focus on innovation and leverage your technical background and experience. Strong soft skills are required to collaborate with various game teams. You will also work closely with QA and technical leadership to ensure the stability and accuracy of code and authoring systems by identifying, communicating and resolving defects.

Your Role Accountabilities...

• Develop code with a rendering programming team to support new systems, features, tools, and take advantage of the latest technologies while maintaining a stable code base.
• Work closely with management, other department leadership and production to meet programming timelines and objectives.
• Implement, optimize, and maintain rendering features in collaboration with artists and research and design managers.
• Optimize systems for unique platforms, focusing on GPU, CPU, and memory usage, including high-end and low-end PC.
• Work with content creators to help improve their workflow.

Qualifications & Experience…