Realtime Technical Artist (Unreal Engine)

Location: Europe; remote or hybrid

Company

hirify.global is a global creative studio working across scanning, motion capture, visual effects, animation, and realtime game production.

What you will do

• Develop production tools, scripts, and workflows that improve the speed, reliability, and usability of realtime production.
• Build, maintain, and improve Unreal Engine workflows across AAA game and cinematic projects.
• Integrate animation, FX, and other production assets into Unreal Engine while resolving pipeline issues.
• Support scene assembly, lighting, look development, rendering, performance profiling, and optimisation.
• Define project-specific realtime workflows, evaluate technical gaps, and contribute to R&D and feasibility planning.
• Provide technical guidance and collaborate with Realtime, Pipeline, Animation, CFX, FX, Lighting, Production, and client teams.

Requirements

• Professional experience as a Realtime TD, Technical Artist, Tools Engineer, or similar technical realtime specialist, preferably at Senior or Lead level.
• Advanced commercial experience with Unreal Engine in AAA games, cinematics, virtual production, or other high-end realtime projects.
• Strong scripting or programming skills with Python, Blueprints, or comparable languages, including production tool development.
• Experience with artist-facing tools, realtime production workflows, animation and FX integration, and DCC-to-Unreal pipelines.
• Knowledge of realtime assets, levels, materials, shaders, rendering workflows, profiling, and optimisation.
• Experience with version control systems such as Perforce, Git, or similar, together with clear cross-disciplinary communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with C++, HLSL, Houdini, Blender, Maya, Chaos systems, cloth, groom, or physics-based simulations.
• Background in FX, Animation, Lighting, Look Development, Modelling, or Shaders.
• Experience in virtual production, on-set environments, colour management, AAA game co-development, or in-game cinematic pipelines.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with flexibility to work from home, from the office, or through a combination of both.
• Strong focus on work-life balance, employee well-being, inclusion, and mutual respect.
• Supportive environment with knowledge-sharing, teamwork, workshops, and training opportunities.
• Access to industry-leading pipeline technology, software, tools, and ambitious projects.
• Opportunities for internal mobility and career progression.