Senior Technical Artist (Unreal Engine)

Location: Remote within Canada. Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada and reside in Canada.

Company

hirify.global develops interactive video game experiences.

What you will do

• Bridge communication between Art, Engineering, and the game engine.
• Support art-to-engine integration through asset setup, debugging, and optimization.
• Design and maintain tools, scripts, procedural workflows, and art pipelines.
• Collaborate across animation, modeling, texturing, shaders, VFX, and other real-time content disciplines.
• Identify visual and performance issues and develop solutions within technical constraints.
• Document tools, workflows, and pipelines while taking ownership of technical challenges.

Requirements

• Must reside in Canada and be legally eligible to work in Canada.
• Strong understanding of real-time content development and game art pipelines.
• Professional experience with Unreal Engine 5, including procedural workflows with Unreal Engine PCG and Houdini.
• Experience with production tools, workflows, DCC tools such as Maya, and asset management or version control.
• Programming or scripting experience with C++, C#, Python, or a similar language.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, curiosity, and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Shader development and material systems experience.
• Particle systems, real-time visual effects, animation rigs, or game animation systems experience.
• Performance profiling and optimization knowledge.
• Experience with Perforce (P4V).
• Interest in video game culture, art, and design.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work arrangement within Canada.
• Temporary full-time engagement for seven months.
• Small, high-performing team focused on rapidly exploring ideas and delivering technical and creative solutions.