Render Engineering Team Lead

As a **Render Engineering Team Lead**, you will build the future of our rendering system—the cornerstone of all our products—while also **leading and growing the engineers** who deliver it. Your work will directly impact performance, quality, and user experience across our technologies. You’ll guide the team in optimizing our video processing pipeline, enabling low-latency streaming, and pushing the boundaries of audio and video processing—while still contributing hands-on to the most important technical challenges. We’re looking for a leader who loves solving hard problems, is passionate about gaming and video technologies, and thrives in fast-paced, innovative environments. You’ll bring strong fundamentals in graphics APIs, streaming, and media processing, and you’ll be ready to coach others to do the same. ### **What you’ll do** * **Lead a small team of render engineers**: set direction, align on priorities, and ensure high-quality execution. * **Stay hands-on technically**: design and implement key systems, tackle complex performance issues, and review critical changes. * **Oversee technical strategy** for rendering, media pipelines, and platform performance across products. * **Own people leadership responsibilities**, including: * Regular **1:1s**, coaching, and career development * **Annual performance reviews** (and feedback cycles as needed) * Hiring participation and team growth planning * Building a healthy team culture with clear expectations and accountability * Partner cross-functionally with product and engineering stakeholders to balance roadmap delivery with long-term technical health. ### **We want people who** * Understand the demands of **real-time rendering** and **performance optimization**. * Have extensive experience with **multi-threaded rendering** and optimizing complex systems. * Are proficient in low-level graphics APIs such as **OpenGL, Metal, and DirectX**, and can guide others in using them effectively. * Write **C++** as a primary language with deep expertise and practical judgment. * Are familiar with **video streaming technologies** and can contribute to optimizing pipelines for low-latency processing. * Can communicate clearly, give actionable feedback, and make good tradeoffs under constraints. * Have an understanding of **embedded programming** and hardware-aware optimization. ### **Our best leaders will have** * Aptitude to lead even when not the technical expert * A strong problem-solving mindset: able to diagnose bottlenecks and coach others through root-cause analysis. * A passion for building **efficient, reliable, scalable systems**—and for building **teams** that can sustain and evolve those systems over time. Originally posted on [Himalayas](https://himalayas.app)