Skill
Vulkan API
3D, Animation and Game Development
Vulkan is a low-level, cross-platform graphics and compute API developed by the Khronos Group as a successor to OpenGL, giving developers fine-grained control over GPU hardware for higher performance and reduced CPU overhead. Game and graphics engine developers use Vulkan to build high-performance 3D applications across Windows, Linux, Android, and other platforms.
Vulkan API in the job market
Last checked September 12, 2026
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- 5
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Open roles requiring Vulkan API (12)
Principal Software Engineer - 3D Visualization (OpenGL)
Medtronic
Full-time · $152,800 – $229,200
Lead the 3D visualization architecture for a cardiac mapping platform used in live procedures, directing the OpenGL rendering pipeline and mentoring senior engineers on one of healthcare's most demanding real-time systems. This role suits an architect with deep graphics expertise who wants to shape technical direction at scale in a regulated medical device environment.
Listed on Medtronic’s careers site · Apply there ↗
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Samsung Semiconductor
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Senior System Software Engineer - Video
NVIDIA
Join NVIDIA's GeForce NOW team to design and build the video streaming infrastructure that powers cloud gaming. You'll work on GPU-accelerated video pipelines, optimizing for quality and latency while incorporating machine learning techniques to deliver seamless gaming across millions of players.
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Principal Machine Learning Engineer
Unity
Mountain View, CA · $278,100 – $417,100
This role leads the engineering effort to run advanced AI models efficiently on consumer devices within a web-native runtime, optimizing for speed, memory, and power. It suits a senior systems engineer with deep expertise in model deployment, GPU programming, and real-time performance optimization who thrives on closing the gap between research models and shipped products.
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Sr Software Engineer
Bend Studio
Full-time · San Mateo, CA · $193,300 – $289,900
This role focuses on architecting and optimizing video codecs for PlayStation platforms and cloud gaming, requiring deep expertise in compression standards and systems-level performance tuning. It suits experienced engineers with strong C/C++ fundamentals who want to work on large-scale multimedia infrastructure affecting millions of users.
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Staff Engineer, GPU Graphic Core Performance Verification
Samsung Semiconductor
Full-time · San Jose, CA · $167,800 – $251,800
This role leads GPU performance verification at Samsung, validating next-generation graphics processor designs from architecture through silicon release. It suits experienced hardware engineers who combine deep GPU knowledge with strong programming skills and the ability to mentor teams through complex validation challenges.
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Senior Software Engineer, Graphics
Unity
Full-time · $130,400 – $195,600
This role involves architecting systems to stream Unity graphics content into other game engines and 3D environments while maintaining visual fidelity and performance across local, cross-process, and networked execution. It suits experienced graphics engineers comfortable solving low-level rendering problems at the systems level—shader translation, resource optimization, and scene-state compression—rather than chasing individual visual features.
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Senior Graphics Programmer, Mobile (iOS/Android)
Bend Studio
Full-time · San Diego, CA · $172,000 – $258,100
Sony is seeking a Senior Graphics Programmer to optimize rendering systems for MLB The Show on iOS and Android devices, handling performance challenges across diverse hardware. This role suits experienced graphics programmers passionate about mobile GPU optimization and real-time rendering who want to ship a major sports title to millions of players.
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Senior Engineer, GPU Graphic Core Performance Verification
Samsung Semiconductor
Full-time · San Jose, CA · $139,000 – $208,400
This role leads performance verification for Samsung's next-generation mobile GPUs, validating that architectural designs meet performance targets across simulation, emulation, and silicon. It suits experienced engineers who combine GPU architecture knowledge with strong debugging skills and enjoy bridging hardware design teams through data-driven analysis.
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Unity
Full-time · $218,400 – $283,900
This role involves optimizing state-of-the-art AI models to run efficiently on mobile and desktop devices within a browser-native runtime, handling everything from model export through kernel-level tuning to shipped features. It's ideal for a performance-focused engineer who thrives on closing the gap between research models and production on-device products, working with transformers, diffusion networks, and vision-language models across constrained hardware.
Listed on Unity’s careers site · Apply there ↗
Asked for alongside Vulkan API
Measured from the 12 open roles that name Vulkan API — not from a curated list.
- C++9 roles75.0%
- Python7 roles58.3%
- OpenGL5 roles41.7%
- CUDA4 roles33.3%
- Sheet Metal4 roles33.3%
- Microsoft DirectX3 roles25.0%
Roles that use Vulkan API
Employers hiring for Vulkan API
5 in total, most open roles first.
- Samsung Semiconductor4 roles
- UUnity4 roles
Bend Studio2 roles- Medtronic1 role
- NVIDIA1 role
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