Graphics Engineer, Game Engine

This full-time position designs and develops real-time graphics systems for game consoles as part of game-engine development. The work includes building graphics systems with low-level graphics APIs and developing shaders.

Required qualifications include knowledge of graphics APIs such as DirectX and OpenGL, professional experience using C or C++, experience developing shaders with technologies such as HLSL, and general knowledge of computer graphics, GPU operation, and linear algebra.

Preferred experience and knowledge include game development for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, or PC; current computer-graphics trends; GPU-level debugging; optics; calculus, differential and integral mathematics, and statistics; a deep understanding of game-console hardware; and physically based rendering.

The role is intended for someone who enjoys pursuing low-level optimization, follows current graphics research trends, and can understand artists’ intentions and realize the expressions they are seeking.

The listed employment type is full-time, although the posting states that employment as a contract employee or under an outsourcing contract may also be possible. Annual compensation is JPY 4,500,000 to JPY 12,000,000, determined according to experience and ability. A semiannual performance incentive is available outside the annual salary. The annual salary includes prescribed overtime and late-night work allowances, paid regardless of whether overtime work occurs.

The work locations are either Sumitomo Fudosan Shibuya Garden Tower, 16-17 Nampeidai-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, or Sumitomo Fudosan Aobadai Tower, 3-6-28 Aobadai, Meguro-ku, Tokyo. Working hours are 10:00–19:00, with eight prescribed working hours and a 60-minute break from 13:00 to 14:00. Average monthly overtime is approximately 18.5 hours based on 2025 results. Both offices are generally non-smoking indoors, with dedicated rooms for heated tobacco products.

Holidays include a two-day weekend on Saturdays and Sundays, public holidays, three summer-leave days taken between July 1 and November 30, year-end and New Year holidays from December 29 to January 3, 10 days of paid annual leave granted on the date of joining in the first year, and condolence leave. Health insurance, employment insurance, workers’ compensation insurance, and employees’ pension insurance are provided for regular employees.

Other stated benefits and support include company meetings, an official club program, social-event cost assistance, a game-play room, onboarding training, CyStudy, Skill Thursday, and a mentor-trainer program for new graduates and second-career graduates. Health support includes influenza vaccination, an in-house osteopathic service, free soft drinks, lunch assistance, a babysitter-use discount, and brain-dock examinations. Regular employees may also receive rent assistance under the two-station and anywhere rules, relocation allowance, child allowance, and a corporate defined-contribution pension. Side jobs are prohibited. Holidays, insurance, and benefits may differ for outsourcing contracts.