Senior Environment Artist (Unreal Engine)

Location: Fully in-office in Bellevue, Washington, United States

Salary: $103,000–$155,000 per year

Company

hirify.global’s PUBG Studios Seattle develops large-scale, immersive game worlds for PUBG, with a focus on visual quality and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

What you will do

• Design and develop realistic natural ecosystems, landscapes, and large-scale open-world environments.
• Own environments from blockout through final polish and build modular kits and scalable world-building pipelines.
• Establish and maintain environment art direction in collaboration with Art Directors, Leads, Designers, and Technical Artists.
• Develop environmental storytelling techniques and ensure assets meet artistic and technical standards.
• Mentor artists, provide quality feedback, and improve workflows, tools, and content production practices.
• Optimize assets for performance and memory constraints and integrate content with engineers and level designers.

Requirements

• 5–8+ years of experience as a video game environment artist and at least two shipped titles.
• Experience creating large-scale environments, terrain systems, modular and procedural workflows, and major map or level areas.
• Proficiency with Blender, Substance Suite, Zbrush, Photoshop, and Unreal Engine 4 or 5.
• Experience creating and analyzing pixel shaders, materials, PBR workflows, photogrammetry data, and satellite imagery.
• Strong knowledge of composition, lighting, natural biomes, foliage, real-world architecture, set dressing, infrastructure, and environmental storytelling.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication is required.

Nice to have

• Experience guiding and supporting a team of artists.
• Strong portfolio documentation covering realistic environments, natural landscapes, shaders and materials, wireframes, optimization, workflows, and individual contributions.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative studio environment focused on quality, creativity, storytelling, and visual artistry.
• Employer-funded healthcare and employer-paid dental, vision, disability, life, and AD&D insurance.
• 20 days of paid time off, 12 paid holidays, annual studio holiday break, and sick leave.
• Health and wellness, video game, and continuing education reimbursements.
• Family planning and fertility care benefits, meal reimbursements, snacks, beverages, and a 401(k) with company match.