Senior Graphics Programmer: Level Ex, Inc.

Located in Chicago’s River North area, Level Ex’s fast-growing game studio is transforming the way physicians hone and refine their skills in our industry-leading mobile, AR, and VR titles. Our games are built on state-of-the-art graphics and physics tech, and use game mechanics to capture the thrill and challenge of being a physician. These games increase in difficulty as the player progresses, and are carefully crafted through level design, compulsion loops, and refined gameplay balance. Backed with a mature art pipeline and latest-gen engine tech, we’re able to recreate a variety of medical challenges with spectacular realism. Our engine has earned the trust of the country’s leading physicians; plus we’ve custom-built real-time fluids, tissue shading, and soft-body systems to enable a wide range of realistic new game mechanics. Our team unites award-winning game designers, developers, and artists with industry-leading physicians, all passionate about using game design to empower doctors across the world to improve their skills and better treat their patients. We’re currently looking for a talented, problem-solving Senior Graphics Engineer to join our expanding team. What You’ll Be Doing With Us -Create elements of the human body in extreme detail in a real-time, rendered environment: including tissue, blood, and fluids -Create new shaders, shader nodes, and materials for a wide range of surfaces and visual effects -Work closely with the art team to prototype new techniques and establish texture/modeling pipelines for production shaders -Implement performance optimizations on various mobile devices and VR Who We Want To Meet -4+ years game industry development experience -BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent -Experience authoring shaders in HLSL, GLSL and/or Cg. -Strong 3D math skills (linear algebra, matrix/vector math, trigonometry, etc.) -Background in computer graphics, including the fundamentals of lighting models, ray tracing, rasterization, texture mapping, and shading -Basic understanding of GPU architecture -Experience with shader performance and debugging tools Bonus Points Awarded For -Experience with visual shader editors (Unreal, Shader Forge, or ShaderMonkey) -Unity experience -Mobile shader development/optimization experience -3D Graphics API experience (OpenGL or DirectX) -Apple Metal experience How We Make You Happy -Creating games that actually make a difference in people’s lives -Competitive salary -Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays -Medical, dental and vision benefits -401k plan with matching, flex spending account, and commuter benefits -Unlimited cold brew coffee, beer, and tasty snacks   -Flexible, reasonable work schedules in a team-focused environment Interested?   Here’s an interview that appeared in the Chicago Tribune last year about the studio last year. Send us your resume and a quick cover letter why you’re a fit for this key role at careers@level-ex.com. We look forward to hearing from you and exploring the possibilities.