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Agile Fuel | World-class Dedicated Engineering Teams · 5 months ago

Graphics Engineer – Data Visualization

Mountain View, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

5+ years exp

Agile Fuel is a company focused on building dedicated engineering teams, and they are seeking a Graphics Engineer with expertise in real-time graphics and data science. The role involves architecting and implementing a real-time rendering pipeline for a visual analytics engine that enhances data-driven decision-making for go-to-market teams.

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Responsibilities

Architect and implement the end-to-end data processing and rendering pipeline, balancing performance, visualization quality, compatibility with the existing ETL infrastructure, compute cost, engineering complexity, and overall user experience

Develop algorithms and methods to accelerate processing, enhance visual quality, and enable novel interaction patterns. Stay current with academic research and apply state-of-the-art techniques to solve challenging technical problems

Build research prototypes, validating their feasibility empirically, and productionizing them upon success

Document findings and development progress, including what works, what doesn’t, and the reasoning behind technical decisions

Build core components of the visualization pipeline, including unit tests and well-documented, developer-friendly APIs to support seamless integration by other engineers

Make key decisions on integrating existing libraries or technologies vs building custom versions

Communicate trade-offs, limitations, and implications of current and proposed implementations clearly and proactively with the team

Qualification

Real-time graphicsData visualization software2D geometry processingGraphics APIsPerformance-oriented programmingClustering algorithmsDimensionality reductionFull-stack web developmentDistributed query enginesWorkflow management platformsProfessional EnglishCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Required

1–2 years of hands-on experience with real-time graphics or data visualization software, with at least 5 years of overall professional software development experience

Deep knowledge of 2D geometry processing and spatial data structures, familiarity with GIS

Demonstrated success turning complex data structures involving techniques like Voronoi into interactive, production-grade visuals

Experience with clustering and dimensionality reduction algorithms

Hands-on experience with graphics APIs like OpenGL, WebGL, WebGPU, or Vulkan

Performance-oriented programming languages such as C++ or Rust

Familiarity with full-stack web development, ideally with React

Strong software engineering craft: design, code reviews, testing, profiling

Able to communicate smoothly with product, design, engineering, and data-science teams

Familiarity with distributed query engines (DuckDB, ClickHouse) and columnar formats (Parquet) used to serve large datasets

Familiarity with workflow management platforms like Airflow or Prefect

Self-discipline and high organizational skills to consistently deliver quality work, with little supervision

Professional-level written and spoken English

Preferred

Experience with mapping

A research background; PhD or equivalent experience in a relevant field

Experience with LLMs

Experience with distributed computing

An ability to go outside your comfort zone in terms of acquiring new, both technical and interpersonal skills, depending on the constantly evolving team and company needs