Lead Technical Artist (Real-Time Games | Art & Engineering)

Location: Europe; fully remote. The position is associated with the 3D Art Department in Poznań, Poland.

Company

hirify.global is a game development studio working with artists, engineers, creative directors, distributed teams, and external development partners.

What you will do

• Lead technical art initiatives across rendering, shaders, tools, optimization, and production workflows.
• Establish technical art standards, quality benchmarks, performance budgets, validation processes, and best practices.
• Develop real-time materials, shaders, artist-friendly tools, automation, validators, and procedural workflows.
• Improve asset creation, import, setup, in-engine implementation, and scalable production pipelines.
• Investigate rendering issues, performance bottlenecks, visual inconsistencies, and recurring production constraints.
• Collaborate with artists, engineers, art directors, technical directors, production teams, and external development partners while mentoring technical artists.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience in Technical Art or closely related game development disciplines.
• Experience as a Lead Technical Artist, Senior Technical Artist with leadership responsibilities, or equivalent.
• Experience contributing to commercially released game productions.
• Strong understanding of real-time rendering, shaders, materials, lighting, graphics optimization, asset pipelines, and performance constraints.
• Professional experience with Unity3D, Unreal Engine, or comparable real-time engines.
• Strong scripting or programming skills using Python, C#, HLSL, or equivalent technologies.
• Experience building technical art tools, automation, and scalable production workflows.
• Strong debugging, profiling, and technical problem-solving skills.
• Experience mentoring technical artists and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams; ability to translate creative requirements into maintainable technical solutions.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English.

Nice to have

• Deep experience with Unity URP/HDRP or Unreal Engine rendering systems.
• Experience with mobile GPU optimization and performance-constrained platforms.
• Knowledge of procedural content generation, Houdini, or node-based production tools.
• Experience with custom rendering features, compute shaders, or GPU-driven workflows.
• Familiarity with character systems, VFX pipelines, and technical animation.
• Experience establishing technical art departments, workflows, or team standards.
• Previous experience in international co-development.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-friendly international working environment.
• Meaningful ownership over technical art quality, tools, and production standards.
• Direct collaboration with experienced artists, engineers, and creative directors.
• Competitive compensation and flexible contract options.
• Long-term collaboration and professional growth opportunities.
• Annual Beffio team retreats and a supportive studio culture.

Hiring process

• Submit a portfolio, technical breakdowns, and a short introduction.
• Provide examples of tools, shaders, workflows, or systems developed and the production challenges they solved.