Senior Technical Artist (Game Development)

TL;DR

Senior Technical Artist (Game Development): Building and maintaining technologies associated with art pipelines and workflows with an accent on collaboration with Art and Engineering teams. Focus on solving technical issues related to rigs, animations, and performance capture.

Location: Fully remote role based anywhere in the United States

Company

hirify.global is a leading game development studio known for its diverse and empowered teams.

What you will do

• Build and maintain technologies associated with art pipelines and workflows
• Collaborate with Art and Engineering to drive research, identify new workflows, technologies for improved pipelines, and streamlined creation processes
• Solve technical issues related to rigs, animations, hair and cloth simulations, and performance capture
• Collaborate with other technical artists daily to find opportunities for improved workflows and tools
• Partner with the engineering team to ensure build stability, and to ensure that memory and performance budgets are being maintained
• Mentor other artists as needed

Requirements

• 5+ years in the games, film, or animation industries
• Expertise with C++ required
• Fluent in Maya with significant experience in animation, rigging, shaders along with MEL Script/Maya API experience
• Familiarity with cloth and rigid/soft body physics setup for characters
• Passion for tackling mobile centric challenges and understanding mobile platform limitations