Graphics Programmer

We’re looking for a Senior Graphics Programmer to join our award winning team in Middlesbrough (UK), home to the beautiful North Yorkshire coastline and countryside. 

As a Senior Graphics Programmer at Double Eleven, you’ll be part of an incredible team of developers working on some of the best-selling franchises of all time. You will implement rendering features, optimize shaders, and collaborate with our partners to bring high-end visuals to life across a variety of platforms.

Double Eleven is one of the largest independent video games developers and publishers in the UK. Headquartered in Middlesbrough, we employ over 400 people across our UK and Kuala Lumpur studios.

We are incredibly proud to partner with some of the world’s leading developers and publishers, including Rockstar Games, Obsidian Entertainment, Mojang, Bethesda Game Studios and Facepunch. 

As a global games company, we've collaborated to create new worlds in The Outer Worlds 2, helped deliver unforgettable experiences for players of Red Dead Redemption, enabled millions to battle in Rust Console Edition and created new adventures in Fallout 76. 

Double Eleven is more than a place to work, we are deeply values-driven in all that we do and we know that we are at our best when our people feel fulfilled. We offer flexible working hours to allow you to truly enjoy work/life balance and always strive to deliver a workplace experience like no other.  We regularly bring our people together to connect and have fun through our many different events, parties and hobby-based clubs.

Interested? We kindly ask all applicants to submit a portfolio showreel to support their application. We’re afraid applications without an accompanying portfolio will not be considered.

On this occasion, we’re unable to sponsor a visa for this role.

What you’ll be doing

• Feature Development: Implement rendering techniques and effects within our proprietary engine to support our core projects, ensuring they meet the high visual standards expected by our partners
• Optimization: Profile and optimize both C++ and GPU-side code to identify bottlenecks and implement efficient solutions
• Co-Development Mindset: Collaborate effectively across internal disciplines and with external partner teams, maintaining a positive and solution-oriented approach to project challenges
• Workflow Integration: Collaborate across development disciplines to refine asset pipelines, tools and workflows
• Growth & Mentorship: Actively participate in code reviews and share your growing graphics knowledge with the wider team

What we’re looking for 

• Core Proficiency: Experience in C++ and shader development
• API Knowledge: Experience with modern graphics APIs such as DX12 or Vulkan and an interest in cross-platform development
• Profiling Skills: Familiarity with industry-standard profiling tools such as PIX, RenderDoc, or NSight to diagnose and fix performance issues
• Rendering Fundamentals: A solid understanding of modern techniques including PBR, Global Illumination, Deferred Rendering and real-time Ray Tracing
• Low-Level Awareness: It would be beneficial to have experience in systems like memory management and streaming for large-scale open-world environments
• Adaptability: A proactive approach to learning new tools and new graphics rendering techniques

Qualifications

• All relevant qualifications considered

What to expect

Working life at Double Eleven 

• Start your day any time between 8:00am and 10:00am
• 35 working hours per week with a 1 hour lunch break (with the opportunity to flex down to 30 minutes or up to 2 hours)
• Opportunity to apply for hybrid working  (up to 2 days working from home per week) 
• 28 days annual leave (20 days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday) 
• 1 day leave for your birthday and 1 day leave if you’re moving house
• Up to 10 days discretionary annual leave during our end of year break
• A brand new, state-of-the-art studio facilities that includes a market hall serving nutritious, subsidised meals, round-the-clock gym access, an auditorium and more
• Subsidised market hall with food, freshly prepared daily by our in-house hospitality team
• Free breakfast options, juice, hot drinks and fruit.
• Employee referral bonus (up to £2000!)
• Electric Car Scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Free game codes, game swag and merchandise
• Family-friendly leave available
• Christmas Saving Scheme
• Free parking
• Best-in-class tools and workflows so you can focus on creativity

Recognising your contribution - award schemes

• Annual Profit Share
• Length of Service
• Annual High Performer Award

Professional development and wellbeing

• Vitality Private Healthcare, discounts and rewards for you, your spouse and children (upon the successful completion of your 6 month probationary period) 
• Access to mental health and wellbeing support via Plumm (includes 4 free video therapy sessions per month for both the employee and up to 3 family members aged 18+), unlimited text therapy, courses, meditations
• A personalised development plan with dedicated support tailored to your growth and goals
• Access to an accredited Academy providing professional qualifications (and access to 500 UK discounts and offers via TOTUM when registered as a student) 
• A dedicated Workplace Experience team responsible for work environments, workplace and quality of employee life services to help foster collaboration, creativity and innovation
• In-studio wellbeing programmes and People team support

Team life 

•  Free activities via our Bus Tours programme (where on occasion, partners and children are welcome to join you) 
• Many team events to celebrate team and game milestones
• Sponsored team activities including football, basketball, book club, movie club and more 
• Opportunity to contribute to our internal Employee Diversity and Equality Network

Ways to reach us

If you have a general query or if you need support with your application and/or an alternative way to apply, please do not hesitate to contact our Talent team at Double Eleven