Shader Programming

Understands the fundamentals of Shader Programming. Applies basic practices in daily work. Follows recommendations from the team and documentation.

Understands shader development in Unreal: Material Editor for PBR materials, Material Instances, basic HLSL custom expressions. Creates basic materials and material functions.

Develops shaders for Unity in HLSL: custom lighting models, post-processing effects, screen-space effects. Optimizes shader complexity for mobile platforms. Uses Shader Variants.

Develops materials in Unreal: Material Functions for reuse, World Position Offset for vertex animation, custom HLSL nodes. Optimizes shader complexity and instruction count.

Designs shader architecture for Unity projects: custom render features, shader libraries, cross-pipeline compatibility (URP/HDRP). Implements compute shaders, tessellation, advanced lighting.

Designs shader pipeline for AAA Unreal projects: custom shading models, post-process materials, Niagara material integration. Modifies engine shaders for project-specific rendering.

Defines shader development strategy for Unity studio. Establishes shader coding standards, performance budgets. Coordinates tech artists and graphics programmers.

Defines shader strategy for the Unreal studio. Establishes material standards, instruction budgets. Coordinates tech artists and graphics programmers.

Defines graphics technology strategy at studio level. Evaluates ray tracing shaders, neural rendering. Shapes shader technology roadmap for Unity projects.

Defines graphics technology strategy for the studio. Evaluates neural materials, ray tracing shaders. Shapes shader technology roadmap for AAA Unreal projects.