Principal Low-Level Graphics Programmer at double-eleven

Setup: Remote, Hybrid
Location: Middlesbrough, England
Type: Full-time
Level: not_specified
Posted: Aug 3, 2026

Description

Double Eleven, a leading UK-based video game developer and publisher, is seeking a Principal Low-Level Graphics Programmer. This role involves architecting, implementing, and steering the technical vision for a next-generation custom graphics engine, focusing on foundational engine plumbing and Render Hardware Interface (RHI) layers. The programmer will design and evolve a highly optimized, GPU-driven rendering pipeline, build robust infrastructure for hardware-accelerated ray tracing and cross-platform shader compilation, and ensure core performance, stability, and efficiency of graphics systems. Additionally, the role entails mentoring the rendering team in modern API paradigms and low-level debugging techniques.

Required Skills

Rendering Engine Infrastructure
Modern Graphics APIs
C++
GPU Programming
Bindless Architectures
Asynchronous GPU Compute
GPU Microarchitecture
Hardware Ray Tracing Architecture
Acceleration Structures
Low-Level Profiling and Debugging Suites
Console Platforms
Mentorship Skills
Communication

Additional Information

Preferred Qualifications: Extensive experience developing core rendering engine infrastructure.
Expert-level proficiency in modern graphics APIs, particularly DirectX 12.
Mastery of C++ and GPU programming, including a deep understanding of bindless architectures, GPU-driven rendering, and asynchronous GPU compute.
Comprehensive knowledge of modern GPU microarchitecture across PC and consoles.
Deep knowledge of hardware ray tracing architecture and acceleration structures.
Experience with GPU memory management in modern APIs.
Expert-level command of low-level profiling and debugging suites.
Strong desire to stay up-to-date with modern GPU technology and techniques.
Comfortable owning complex graphics features from planning through to delivery.
Proactive in identifying risks, trade-offs and technical solutions.
Experience collaborating with content creators ensuring assets meet performance and technical requirements.
Strong mentorship skills, capable of lifting the capabilities of a rendering team and guiding architectural decisions.
Clear communication, capable of driving technical decisions and presenting graphics strategies to directors, producers, clients, and external partners.

About double-eleven

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Double Eleven is an independent games studio that brings some of the biggest and most popular franchises to new platforms and audiences across the globe. It re-imagines, re-creates and re-thinks games for console, PC and mobile with partners like Rockstar Games, Mojang Studios, Bethesda Game Studios and Sony. The company is also hungry to create its own IP; Blindfire, its first original IP, is available in Early Access.

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