Senior Lighting Artist (Unreal Engine)

Location: Hybrid work in Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Company

Game development studio creating real-time interactive experiences with Unreal Engine.

What you will do

• Translate artistic intentions and concept illustrations into real-time lighting while respecting game-engine constraints.
• Create high-quality lighting for environments and gameplay situations.
• Collaborate with level designers, environment artists, VFX artists, animators, and technical artists.
• Balance artistic intent, gameplay readability, and performance budgets across target platforms.
• Use Unreal Engine to deliver technically and visually polished work.
• Diagnose and optimize lighting-related performance issues.

Requirements

• Degree in 3D or equivalent training.
• 5+ years of industry experience as a lighting artist with significant real-time experience.
• At least one shipped title as a lighting artist, preferably for current-generation platforms.
• Solid knowledge of PBR workflows, real-time rendering, and lighting and global illumination techniques, including lightmaps, light probes, dynamic lighting, and ray tracing.
• Strong understanding of composition, color, values, contrast, and visual storytelling.
• Proactive communication and openness to feedback from lighting, art direction, and other departments.

Nice to have

• In-depth knowledge of video game production roles and stages.
• Understanding of technical constraints across game engines and platforms.
• Experience with Unreal Engine profiling and optimization tools.
• Knowledge of Unreal Engine lighting systems, including Lumen and Virtual Shadow Maps.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement.
• Flexible work schedule with support for sick days and personal days.
• Group insurance and family telemedicine services.
• Group RRSP and bonus system.
• Company-paid public transportation.