Senior Engine Programmer, Rendering, Clash Royale
SupercellMobile Game company
Shanghai, ChinaSenior
Index Ventures
IVP
Atomico
London Venture Partners
Initial Capital
Accel Partners
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Senior Engine Programmer for Clash Royale, focusing on rendering and engine systems.
- •Supercell is seeking a Senior Engine Programmer with deep 3D rendering expertise to join the Clash Royale team in Shanghai.
- •This role involves working across rendering, engine systems, performance, and game features to evolve Clash Royale.
- •Key Responsibilities Own and evolve rendering systems and 3D graphics features in Clash Royale and Supercell's proprietary C++ engine.
- •Design and implement systems across the rendering pipeline, such as materials and shaders, lighting, shadows, post-processing, visibility, batching, animation integration, and asset workflows.
- •Profile and optimize CPU, GPU, memory, loading, and frame-time performance across a wide range of iOS and Android devices.
- •Diagnose complex visual, performance, and platform-specific issues, then deliver solutions that are reliable in a large live codebase.
- •Improve engine architecture, tools, and workflows so the team can iterate faster and create content with confidence.
- •Requirements Strong professional experience with modern C++ in game or engine development.
- •Deep practical knowledge of real-time 3D rendering, GPU pipelines, shaders, graphics debugging, and performance analysis.
- •A strong understanding of game-engine architecture and the interaction between rendering, assets, memory, threading, gameplay, and platform layers.
- •Experience shipping and optimizing high-quality game features, not only developing isolated engine technology.
- •A solid understanding of mobile hardware and platform constraints, including CPU/GPU budgets, memory, bandwidth, battery, and device fragmentation.
Required skills
C++GitLinux
Domain expertise
gaming
Tech stack
C++GitLinux