Senior Graphics Programmer, Mobile; iOS​/Android

Senior Graphics Programmer, Mobile (iOS/Android)

Play Station Studios / San Diego Studio – responsible for bringing MLB The Show to mobile platforms, delivering innovative, high‑quality gaming experiences on iOS and Android.

In this role, you will develop and optimize real‑time graphics systems specifically for mobile devices, ensuring strong performance, scalability, and visual fidelity across a wide range of hardware configurations and device capabilities. You will focus on writing and optimizing our mobile rendering engine, debugging graphics and performance issues, implementing new visual features, and ensuring the game takes full advantage of platform‑specific capabilities across Apple and Android ecosystems.

• Develop, optimize, and maintain real‑time rendering systems and graphics features for iOS and Android.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks related to rendering, memory usage, thermal constraints, battery usage, and device‑specific hardware limitations.
• Ensure compatibility, stability, and performance across a broad range of mobile devices, from high‑end flagship phones/tablets to lower‑spec hardware.
• Implement scalable graphics systems that support varying performance tiers, screen resolutions, refresh rates, and GPU capabilities.
• Work with platform‑specific graphics APIs and technologies such as Metal and Vulkan.
• Optimize shaders, rendering pipelines, texture usage, and asset memory footprint for mobile GPU architectures.
• Implement requested graphics features and enhancements in collaboration with the broader engineering, art, and rendering teams.
• Debug graphics issues across different chipsets and vendors.
• Stay current with emerging rendering techniques, mobile GPU technologies, and platform advancements to drive visual improvements and technical innovation.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience programming in C++ with a focus on performance‑critical applications.
• Strong experience with graphics programming on mobile platforms, including low‑level graphics APIs such as Metal or Vulkan.
• Proficiency in GPU shader programming and optimization for mobile platforms.
• Strong foundational math skills, especially linear algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
• Hands‑on experience with graphics profiling and debugging tools for mobile development.
• Proven ability to debug and optimize rendering performance across a wide range of mobile hardware and operating system versions.
• Strong understanding of the constraints and trade‑offs involved in mobile rendering, including memory bandwidth, battery usage, thermal throttling, frame pacing, and device fragmentation.

• Experience shipping one or more mobile games or interactive applications on iOS and/or Android.
• Familiarity with platform‑specific development environments and tools such as Xcode, Visual Studio, GPU frame debuggers, and mobile performance analyzers.
• Experience optimizing rendering systems for a variety of mobile GPU architectures.
• Understanding of scalable rendering techniques for mobile, including dynamic resolution, LOD systems, texture streaming, and efficient post‑processing.
• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python.
• Experience working on cross‑platform rendering systems.
• Passion for sports games and delivering visually compelling real‑time experiences on mobile devices.

Competitive base pay range: $172,000—$258,100 USD (adjusted for geographic location). The role offers a flexible, hybrid work model with potential remote options. Eligible for top‑tier benefits, including medical, dental, vision, a 401(k) matching plan, paid time off, wellness programs, and employee discounts on Sony products. Bonus potential may also apply.

Sony Interactive Entertainment is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity.