Senior Render Engineer: Rendering / Metal / DirectX / OpenGL / FFmpeg

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Remote Until 8/21/2026 H-1B sponsor history First posted March 27, 2025 Last posted March 27, 2025
Job description

As a Senior Render Engineer, you will be building the future of our rendering system, which is the cornerstone of all our products. Your work will directly impact the performance, quality, and user experience of our cutting-edge technologies, and you will play a key role in optimizing our video processing pipeline, enabling low-latency streaming, and pushing the boundaries of audio and video processing.
We are looking for problem solvers, engineers passionate about gaming and video technologies, and those who thrive in fast-paced, innovative environments. We want to hear from you if you have a strong foundation in graphics APIs, streaming, and media processing!

We want people who:
• Understands the demands of real-time rendering and performance optimization.
• Have extensive experience with multi-threaded rendering and can optimize complex systems to maximize performance.
• Are proficient in low-level graphics APIs such as OpenGL, Metal, and DirectX, and can leverage these tools to create efficient and high-performing rendering solutions.
• Write in C++ as their primary language, demonstrating deep expertise and comfort with its nuances.
• Are familiar with video streaming technologies and can contribute to optimizing video pipelines for low-latency video processing.
We really want people who:
• Have extensive experience working with the FFmpeg library and can integrate video and audio processing capabilities into sophisticated applications.
• Understand video and audio signal processing and can contribute to improving streaming workflows and overall media performance.
• Have worked on streaming and editing video for live broadcasting or online platforms, ensuring smooth, high-quality delivery.
• Have an understanding of embedded programming and can work with hardware to optimize performance for specific platforms.
Our best engineers will have:
• Experience working with broadcast audio and video standards and technologies, such as AAC, ProRes, H.265, MPEG-DASH, HLS, SRT and various compression formats, ensuring compatibility and quality in diverse environments.
• Familiarity with rendering on multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, and Linux, with an understanding of platform-specific challenges and optimizations.
• A problem-solving mindset, with the ability to diagnose and address bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and rendering challenges.
• A passion for creating efficient, reliable, and scalable rendering systems, improving every aspect of the media delivery process.

About this role

Summary

Develop and optimize real-time rendering systems, video streaming, and media processing technologies.

Job title

Senior Render Engineer: Rendering / Metal / DirectX / OpenGL / FFmpeg

Experience level

not specified

Industry

software

Location requirements

remote work allowed, candidate can work from anywhere

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

C++OpenGLMetalDirectXFFmpegvideo streaminglow-latency

Preferred skills

broadcast standardsAACProResH.265MPEG-DASHHLSSRTembedded programmingmulti-platform rendering

Specializations

graphics APIsstreamingmedia processingvideo pipelinesrendering
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

United States

Remote Country