Senior Graphics Programmer, Mobile (iOS/Android)

The role

You will develop and optimize real-time graphics systems for mobile platforms. This role focuses on the mobile rendering engine for MLB The Show on iOS and Android.

What you will do

• Develop, optimize, and maintain real-time rendering systems and graphics features for mobile platforms
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks related to rendering, memory, thermal, battery, and hardware limitations
• Ensure compatibility and performance across a broad range of mobile devices
• Implement scalable graphics systems for varying performance tiers, resolutions, and GPU capabilities
• Work with platform-specific graphics APIs such as Metal and Vulkan
• Optimize shaders, rendering pipelines, texture usage, and asset memory footprint
• Implement requested graphics features in collaboration with engineering, art, and rendering teams
• Debug graphics issues across different chipsets and vendors
• Stay current with emerging rendering techniques and mobile GPU technologies

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field
• 5+ years of experience programming in C++ with a focus on performance-critical applications
• Strong experience with graphics programming on mobile platforms, including low-level graphics APIs such as Metal or Vulkan
• Proficiency in GPU shader programming and optimization for mobile platforms
• Strong foundational math skills, especially linear algebra, geometry, and trigonometry
• Hands-on experience with graphics profiling and debugging tools for mobile development
• Proven ability to debug and optimize rendering performance across a wide range of mobile hardware and operating system versions
• Strong understanding of mobile rendering constraints including memory bandwidth, battery usage, thermal throttling, frame pacing, and device fragmentation

Nice to have

• Experience shipping one or more mobile games or interactive applications on iOS and/or Android
• Familiarity with platform-specific development environments and tools such as Xcode, Microsoft Visual Studio, GPU frame debuggers, and mobile performance analyzers
• Experience optimizing rendering systems for a variety of mobile GPU architectures
• Understanding of scalable rendering techniques for mobile, including dynamic resolution, LOD systems, texture streaming, and efficient post-processing
• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python is a plus
• Experience working on cross-platform rendering systems is highly desirable
• Passion for sports games and delivering visually compelling real-time experiences on mobile devices

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• matching 401(k)
• paid time off
• wellness program
• employee discounts for Sony products
• may be eligible for a bonus package

Before you apply

• Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage

About the company

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. It is a dynamic technology company and an entertainment leader.