Principal Lighting Artist (Unreal Engine 5)

Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada; hybrid, with a minimum of 4 days per week in the Montreal office. Must be legally authorized to work in Canada and willing to travel for business when necessary.

Company

hirify.global is a global media and entertainment company producing and distributing film, television, streaming, gaming, theme park, consumer product, and experiential content.

What you will do

• Define and maintain high-quality lighting standards across environments and gameplay contexts.
• Drive the development of lighting systems, global illumination solutions, rendering workflows, pipelines, and tools.
• Solve complex artistic and technical challenges involving lighting realism, atmosphere, cinematic storytelling, and performance.
• Collaborate with Technical Art and cross-disciplinary teams to build robust, scalable systems.
• Define visual benchmarks and review lighting implementation for consistency with artistic and technical standards.
• Support the Lead Lighting Artist and team with expert guidance across platforms from high-end to mobile.

Requirements

• Extensive AAA game development experience focused on lighting and rendering.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality lighting and atmospheric work.
• Advanced understanding of real-time lighting, rendering pipelines, and global illumination.
• Strong expertise in environment lighting, mood, and cinematic storytelling.
• Experience working closely with Technical Art teams.
• Strong understanding of scalable pipelines and multi-platform constraints.
• Ability to solve complex artistic and technical challenges, with excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Must be legally authorized to work in Canada and willing to work in the Montreal office at least 4 days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience with Unreal Engine 5, including Lumen or similar systems.
• Technical understanding of scalable systems and multi-platform constraints from high-end platforms to mobile.
• Experience working with outsourcing partners or distributed teams.
• Strong artistic sensitivity to mood, atmosphere, and cinematic lighting.
• Ability to balance visual quality with performance requirements.
• Interest in exploring innovative solutions to improve real-time lighting quality.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive culture focused on creating content that reflects the world.
• Full-time hybrid employment with regular in-office work in Montreal.
• Opportunity to contribute to an ambitious AAA open-world game in a cross-disciplinary environment.
• Business travel may be required when necessary.

Hiring process

• Interested candidates must submit an application to be considered.
• External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at an hirify.global location before a hiring decision.