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Graphics Developer
Location: Cupertino, California
Country: US
Category: TECH - CDM
Workplace Location: Remote
Employment Type: Contract
Posted Date: December 3, 2025
Job ID: 642049
Job Description
Graphics Developer
Location: Remote, but must be local to Culver City, CA, Cupertino, CA or New York, NY
Schedule: 40 hours
Duration: 12 Months with potential to extend
Pay: $118-$120hr, DOE
The Planet Group is looking for a Graphics Developer to join our well-known Fortune 500 client on a 12-month contract, working a remote schedule but located in Culver City, CA, Cupertino, CA, or New York, NY.
Graphics Developer Qualifications:
- 7-10 years of experience with real-time graphics and rendering pipelines
- Strong knowledge of Metal Shading Language (MSL) or equivalent shader languages (OpenGL/GLSL/HLSL/Vulkan)
- Understanding of ray tracing, ray marching, volumetric rendering, and real-time lighting models
- Proficiency in Objective-C or C++ (Swift a plus)
- Experience with AppKit or UIKit environments
- Skilled in concurrent programming, debugging, and performance optimization
- Comfortable building shaders, pipelines, and tools used by non-engineering collaborators
- Proficient with Git and collaborative workflows
- Strong communication skills and ability to bridge creative and technical perspectives
- Familiarity with content creation tools such as TouchDesigner, Houdini, or Reality Composer Pro
- Demonstrated success in large-scale or cross-disciplinary content pipelines
- Deep expertise in modern rendering pipelines and comfort moving between creative experimentation and low-level optimization
- A strong understanding of ray tracing, ray marching, volumetric rendering, and general 3D graphics fundamentals is essential
- Experience with OpenGL, Vulkan, GLSL, or HLSL is valuable
- Metal proficiency is ideal
- Technical mastery as well as a strong visual sensibility - the ability to interpret creative direction and shape the look and feel of real-time effects - is required
- Familiarity with Core Animation, Core Graphics, USD, or SceneKit
- Experience building apps end-to-end
Graphics Developer Description:
- Collaborate closely with designers, producers, creative directors, and engineers
- Conceive, implement, and refine Metal-based visual effects used across apps and frameworks
- Translate visual ideas and look-dev references into performant, reusable rendering solutions
- Combining technical precision with a strong sense for visual quality and composition
- Other duties as assigned
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The Planet Group and our companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.
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About The Planet Group
The Planet Group is a global professional services firm delivering strategic staffing and advisory solutions. We operate at the intersection of talent and transformation – connecting the right people with the right opportunities in the areas of technology, engineering, accounting & finance, digital marketing, and manufacturing.
As one of the largest staffing companies in the US, we operate with a global reach and a performance-first mindset. We partner with clients to move fast, stay agile, and drive measurable results – building high-impact teams that fuel transformation and growth.
