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Digital Extremes | Employees: 95

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Based in London, Ontario, Canada, Digital Extremes proudly ranks as one of the world's top independent game development studios. Best known for the co-creation of Epic's Unreal™ franchise, Digital Extremes helped spiral the franchise into a multi-million unit selling and a top award-winning industry mainstay. Turning its sights to the next-generation, Digital Extremes recently released the much anticipated 3rd person action game, Dark Sector on its brand-new proprietary technology, the Evolution Engine. Currently the studio has expanded to two teams, each working on high profile unannounced projects in addition to assisting 2K Games on the PS3 version of Bioshock.

Digital Extremes prides itself on providing a warm, inviting, creative work environment for its team. Competitive salaries, profit sharing, stock options, retirement matching, ample vacation, on-site massage therapist and free daily homemade lunches are just a few of the many perks our employees enjoy. But all these perks aren't worth much if you're not working on exciting ambitious projects that get your juices flowing and that's where DE shines. So, join us in London, Ontario, the family-friendly Forest City and land of immpressively affordable living to be a part of a passionate, devoted team of developing ninjas.

Job Profile:
Sr. Graphics Programmer | Digital Extremes  | London ON CAN | Full Time
Job Description:
Digital Extremes is growing and on the look-out for top-notch programming talent to join our team in London, Ontario, Canada to work on our impressive Evolution Engine powering the recent hit, Dark Sector.

At Digital Extremes Agile Project Management, Test-Driven Development and Quality of Life are not mere buzzwords – they are ingredients in our recipe for success. With a small, tight-knit programming team, a passion for best practices, an environment that fosters creativity not to mention fantastic perks, we are confident you will forget about your hobby projects. All you need to do is apply!

For more information on Digital Extremes visit our website at www.digitalextremes.com

Main Responsibilities
  • Responsible for graphical quality of high profile, AAA game titles.

  • Implement and maintain new rendering solutions for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC

  • Contribute innovative and original ideas towards all aspects of the game’s production and development.

  • Collaborate with design, artists and other engineers to implement and fine-tune game's graphic features and provide support

  • Ensure the technical quality of the product through tuning and bug fixing.

  • Contribute innovative and original ideas toward all aspects of the game’s production and development.

  • Write robust, maintainable code.

  • Maintain code performance through profiling and optimization.
  • Qualifications
  • 3+ years game development experience, with at least 1 shipped AAA product

  • 3D Graphic API experience (Direct3D 9+ and/or OpenGL).

  • Shader programming experience (HLSL, GLSL, Cg).

  • Passion for programming gorgeous graphics and algorithms

  • Burning desire to write code you can be proud of

  • Expertise in C++ and strong 3D math background.

  • B.Sc. Degree in Comp Sci, Mathematics, Engineering or equivalent game development experience

  • Strong communication skills, work ethic and motivation

  • A passion for playing and making games

  • Willing to relocate to London, Ontario, Canada with assistance


  • Preferred Extras
  • Xbox360 and/or PS3 experience

  • Familiarity with large-scale C++ project development

  • Experience with concurrent programming

  • Experience with code optimization and profiling tools (i.e. VTune)

  • Well versed in geometry optimization

  • Familiarity with advanced lighting techniques.

  • Practical experience with shadow algorithms


  • Knowledge of SEE/VMX/SIMD techniques
  • Categories: Programmer / Engineer
    Experience Required: 2 yrs
    Platforms: Playstation 3,Xbox 360,Wii
    Minimum Education Level Required: Bachelor's Degree
    Work Site: On site

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    London

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    Contact Name: Kate Roberts
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    Website: http://www.digitalextremes.com
    Job Code: 9896