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Software Engineer V

ApTask Global Workforce
Remote, CA Remote Full Time
POSTED ON 6/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/6/2026
Aptask Global Workforce (AGW) is seeking a Software Engineer V for a Remote position with a Leading Technology Firm. This is a 6 month contract opportunity.

We are seeking a senior graphics engineer to help drive the development of a modern, high-performance rendering engine at the core of bleeding-edge research experiences. The engine is the foundation for a growing set of research experiences, and the role centers on advancing its rendering capabilities, including performance, features, and new techniques, while integrating established research from across the lab and the wider company. You will work alongside an experienced team of researchers and engineers to take state of the art rendering and integration efforts from concept to polished, demonstrable results.

Responsibilities:
  • Develop and optimize features in a modern, low-level Vulkan rendering engine
  • Profile and improve GPU and CPU performance across the rendering pipeline, including multi-GPU real-time rendering and multithreaded XR rendering
  • Implement and improve advanced rendering techniques such as deferred shading, ray tracing, and HDR
  • Push the limits of display quality, including high refresh-rate rendering with color-accurate and HDR display
  • Integrate the engine with research and adjacent systems from across the lab and company
  • Investigate, triage, and fix bugs across the rendering stack and the experiences built with it
  • Contribute to tooling, build health, and cross-platform support across Linux, Windows, and Mac
  • Write documentation and help prepare components for potential external release

Requirements:
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related technical fields, or equivalent practical experience
  • Strong programming skills in C
  • Substantial, hands-on experience with modern Vulkan development
  • Experience with desktop graphics development
  • Solid grasp of real-time rendering fundamentals, including the graphics pipeline, shading models, and GPU architecture
  • Experience profiling and optimizing graphics performance on both GPU and CPU
  • Experience with version control systems such as Git or Mercurial
  • Excellent communication skills and strong attention to detail

Desired skills:
  • Game engine development experience
  • Experience with neural rendering, radiance fields, or Gaussian splatting
  • Experience with advanced rendering techniques such as ray tracing, deferred shading, or HDR
  • Experience working with modern AI tooling (strongly preferred)
  • Cross-platform development experience across Linux, Windows, and Mac (strongly preferred)
  • Experience with desktop VR development using OpenXR (strongly preferred)
  • Experience with additional graphics APIs such as OpenGL, D3D12, or with mobile graphics development, particularly Android
  • Experience integrating third-party graphics SDKs such as DLSS or other upscaling technologies
  • Experience developing netcode for real-time or networked applications
  • Experience with PyTorch, CUDA, and TensorRT, or with Python interop such as pybind11
  • Experience submitting code alongside academic publications at conferences such as CVPR or SIGGRAPH
  • Experience open-sourcing new or maintaining existing open source projects, or with build systems such as CMake, Bazel, or Buck

Pay range: up to $102.12 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Aptask Global Workforce (AGW) employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, apply today!

Aptask Global Workforce (AGW)

ApTask Global Workforce (AGW) is a certified Minority and Veteran workforce solutions company. AGW delivers operational, clinical, lab and professional talent with a strong focus on healthcare and life sciences. The company supports clients with reliable staffing, program expertise and a commitment to quality, speed and consistent delivery.

Benefits of working with ApTask Global Workforce include:
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)

Our team stays close to the process and is here to guide you every step of the way. To learn more, please visit our website

ApTask Global Workforce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.

Salary : $102

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