Senior Technical Artist (Mobile Games)

Location: Tel Aviv, Israel; onsite

Company

hirify.global is a rapidly expanding mobile games company creating casual games, including Dice Dreams, Domino Dreams, and a Disney collaboration.

What you will do

• Bridge the gap between artists, designers, engineers, and R&D by creating workflows and pipelines for game asset production.
• Validate, optimize, and troubleshoot art assets and game content against visual quality and performance requirements.
• Create visual effects using simulations, particle systems, shaders, and in-engine tools.
• Develop scripts and tools for asset management, export, validation, and art-pipeline improvement.
• Develop shaders and collaborate on complex interactive sequences, transitions, and in-engine UI.
• Provide technical guidance and support to the art team while integrating new technologies.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience as a Technical Artist in the gaming industry, including 5+ years working with content in-engine using Unity, Unreal, or an in-house engine.
• High attention to detail and high-level artistic skills in proportion, color, and composition.
• Strong portfolio or demo reel.
• Proficiency in scripting for game logic or tools, such as Python or MEL; C# is also relevant.
• Shader development experience using in-engine or renderer-specific technologies, with an understanding of rendering pipelines, lighting, shading, and post-processing effects.
• Understanding of 3D content components, including geometry, topology, textures, UV maps, skins, and rigs.
• Proficiency with digital art creation, illustration, sculpting, and modeling tools, including Maya or Blender.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Graphics, Game Design, or a related field.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with Maya, including modeling and exporting, and MELScript or Python for Maya.
• Experience with Unity and C#.
• Shader development using GLSL or HLSL.
• Familiarity with shaders and visual effects.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on mobile games designed for a global audience.
• Collaborate with artists, animators, designers, developers, engineering, and R&D teams.
• Join a team headquartered in Tel Aviv and focused on creating long-lasting mobile gaming experiences.