Software engineer jobs in Canada

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Counted Sep 22, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 2,179
Employers: 913

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payCAD / year: $128,166Across 275 listings
Average starting payUSD / year: $150,341Across 97 listings
Average starting payCAD / hour: $57.27Across 30 listings

Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.

Where work happens

Remote: 12%258 listings
Hybrid: 42%908 listings
On-site: 45%977 listings

Not specified: 2% (36 listings)

Employers hiring include Amazon (100), Arista Networks (38), EA SPORTS (27).

Sources & calculation notes

These figures describe the listings on this role page at the date shown, not the whole job market. Listings can change.

Employer-listed minimums from at least 10 listings per currency and pay period. These are advertised starting amounts, not employee salaries. Jobs without a minimum and unusual amounts are excluded.

Hybrid and on-site classifications may be inferred from descriptions. Check the original ad. How we count

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Senior Rendering Software Engineer
2K
Burnaby, BC
$99,800 to $147,680 CAD / year
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Senior Rendering Software Engineer

Burnaby, BC, Canada

Pay: $99,800 to $147,680 CAD / year
Experience: 5+ years of professional game development experience building and shipping high-quality rendering features.
Posting language: English
Posted: Sep 10, 2026

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Who We Are

Founded in 2023, Small Axe Studios is 2K’s newest stand-alone studio, built to push the boundaries of game development and bring 2K’s next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. Headquartered in Burnaby, we are assembling a world-class team of visionaries, builders, and passionate gamers who thrive on creative collaboration, technical excellence, and bold ideas. At Small Axe Studios, we believe big things start with sharp focus - and we’re crafting an exceptional, player-first experience from the ground up. If you’re ready to tackle unique challenges, leave your mark on a brand-new IP, and help shape the future of interactive sports entertainment, we want you on our team!

What We Need

Our studio is looking for an experienced Senior Rendering Engineer who sets a high quality bar, pushes the boundaries of real-time visuals, and is excited to help build the next major sports franchise in our industry.

You will work closely with engineers, artists, technical artists, designers, and producers to deliver spectacular, performant visual experiences for a world-class sports simulation game. This is a senior individual contributor role with opportunities to provide technical ownership, mentorship, and architectural direction.

What You Will Do:

Design, implement, optimize, and maintain real-time rendering systems and features in Unreal Engine.
Own features from R&D and prototyping through production, balancing visual quality, workflow, performance, memory, and maintainability.
Collaborate with artists, technical artists, designers, and engineers to deliver high-quality rendering features and efficient content workflows.
Build and support tools, pipelines, and workflows that help art teams deliver high-quality assets into the game.
Optimize rendering systems for current-generation consoles and high-end PCs, including GPU, CPU, memory, and scalability considerations.
Champion visual quality while ensuring features meet performance targets across gameplay, cinematics, presentation, characters, crowds, stadiums, lighting, VFX, and environments.
Create and review technical designs for rendering systems, features, architecture, tools, and workflows.
Mentor other rendering engineers and contribute to a positive, healthy team culture.
Share informed opinions on the broader game experience and help the team make decisions that are best for the game

What Will Make You a Great Fit:

5+ years of professional game development experience building and shipping high-quality rendering features.
Demonstrated ability to deliver AAA-quality rendering features on commercially shipped games in a senior or equivalent rendering role.
Strong Unreal Engine experience, with an ability to implement features while avoiding unnecessary long-term engine divergence.
Experience owning and optimizing core rendering systems, visual features, and asset delivery pipelines.
Deep understanding of current-generation console constraints, including GPU profiling, memory budgets, frame-time analysis, platform-specific optimization, and scalability.
Strong 3D math skills and knowledge of real-time rendering algorithms.
Experience with PBR materials, shader development, lighting, post-processing, GPU optimization, and CPU-side rendering performance.
Experience with environment rendering, character rendering, advanced lighting, VFX, particle systems, or related graphics features.
Strong cross-disciplinary collaboration skills and the ability to communicate technical tradeoffs clearly.
Passion for making games and delivering high-quality player experiences

Beneficial Qualifications

Experience with UE5 Nanite and Lumen, or a deep understanding of similar virtualized geometry, global illumination, and real-time lighting technologies.
Experience with crowd-heavy, or character-heavy games.
Passion for playing and/or watching sports.

The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between CAD $99,800 and CAD $147,680 per year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for employees in regular roles may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, provided that temporary or intern roles will not be eligible for many of these payments or benefits. Details of participation in compensation and benefit plans (if applicable) will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided suitable accommodations to enjoy equal employment opportunities, including the ability to participate in the job application or interview process. Please contact us if you need an accommodation as part of your application process or otherwise have questions about the Company’s accommodation policy and review process.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews, and when emailing, we only use 2K.com accounts.

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Responsibilities

Design, implement, and optimize real-time rendering systems and features within Unreal Engine for a sports simulation game. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to balance visual quality with performance targets across consoles and PCs.

Requirements

Requires 5+ years of professional game development experience with a proven track record of shipping AAA rendering features. Must possess deep knowledge of current-gen console constraints, 3D math, and real-time rendering algorithms.

Skills

Unreal Engine
Real-time Rendering
GPU Profiling
3D Math
PBR Materials
Shader Development
Lighting
Post-processing
CPU Optimization
C++
Technical Design
Mentorship
Nanite
Lumen
Performance Analysis
Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

Benefits

Bonus
Equity Awards
Medical Insurance
Financial Benefits

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Keywords

Unreal Engine
UE5
Nanite
Lumen
PBR
GPU Profiling
Real-time Rendering
AAA Games
Sports Simulation
Shader Development
Global Illumination
Virtualized Geometry
C++
Performance Optimization
Game Development
Graphics Programming
VFX
Particle Systems
Frame-time Analysis
Memory Budgets

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