Senior Shader / Texture Artist (Unreal Engine)

Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; hybrid work model

Company

hirify.global Brisbane is a cross-platform game development studio creating interactive experiences, including Bluey’s Happy Snaps and other announced and unannounced projects.

What you will do

• Author high-quality PBR and stylized textures for environments, terrain, and props.
• Create, maintain, debug, and iterate on real-time shaders, master materials, and material graphs.
• Develop scalable material systems and reusable functions that support the wider art team.
• Collaborate with the Art Director, Technical Artist, and programmers on efficient material solutions.
• Optimize shaders and textures for target platforms, memory budgets, compression formats, and multiple SKUs.
• Support terrain and environment workflows, including RVT blending, distance fields, decals, and large-scale surface materials.

Requirements

• Senior-level experience creating high-quality PBR and stylized textures for real-time games.
• Strong knowledge of UV layouts, multiple UV sets, texel density, UDIMs, flow maps, POM, and specialized texturing techniques.
• Experience creating node-based shaders and material graphs, with an understanding of shader mathematics and rendering principles.
• Ability to design scalable master materials and material functions while maintaining consistency, performance, and ease of use.
• Practical experience with environment and terrain materials, including RVT, distance fields, decals, dither masks, Fresnel, and refraction.
• Portfolio demonstrating stylized PBR texture work, material development, real-time shaders, and material optimization decisions.

Nice to have

• Strong working knowledge of Substance Painter and Substance Designer, including reusable Substance Designer subgraphs.
• HLSL knowledge and VFX shader experience.
• Experience with texture packing, compression, Parallax Occlusion Mapping, bombing-style variation, animated UVs, flipbooks, flow maps, render textures, and vertex offsets.
• Examples of Unreal Engine or other node-based shader workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work model supporting work-life balance.
• Private health insurance, fitness subsidies, mental health support, and paid parental leave.
• Additional paid leave, including birthday, Christmas shutdown, volunteer, and women’s health leave.
• Learning and development opportunities, mentorship, training programs, industry events, and speaking opportunities.
• Subsidized car parking, childcare assistance, employee referral bonuses, snacks, breakfast, and free coffee.
• Rooftop terrace, games room, relaxation space, social drinks, and game tournaments.

Hiring process

• Qualification call with the recruitment team.
• Interview with the Lead Artist.
• Interview with the Art Studio Director.