Senior Environment Artist (ARPG)

Location: United States-oriented role; specific work location is not stated.

Company

Eleventh Hour Games is a game development studio creating top-down action RPGs, including Last Epoch, within the hirify.global Americas organization.

What you will do

• Own environment creation from concept and blockout through final in-engine implementation and polish.
• Build large-scale environments, vistas, landmarks, modular kits, hero assets, and supporting props.
• Translate concept art into performant in-game environments with strong composition, atmosphere, readability, and visual storytelling.
• Develop complex materials and shader setups, assemble scenes, handle layout and set dressing, and support worldbuilding.
• Optimize environments for performance, memory, and scalability across target platforms.
• Act as a feature owner, define environment implementation practices, collaborate with technical art and engineering, and mentor other artists.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in game environment art and at least one shipped title.
• Ability to own environments end to end, from concept translation to final in-engine implementation.
• Deep knowledge of real-time environment pipelines, asset creation, materials, shaders, and scene assembly.
• Technical proficiency with modern game engines, including debugging, profiling, and optimization.
• Experience creating large-scale and modular environments, scalable asset systems, and complex material systems.
• Strong communication, cross-disciplinary collaboration, ownership, and ability to balance artistic quality with technical and production constraints.

Nice to have

• Real-time lighting, mood development, level design, or open-world experience.
• Scripting or procedural workflow experience.
• Strong understanding of composition, color, and visual storytelling.
• ARPG game development experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Open communication and close-knit teamwork.
• Opportunities for ownership, growth, and knowledge sharing.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities.
• Equal employment opportunities are provided to employees and applicants.