Outsourcing Technical Artist (GameDev)

TL;DR

Outsourcing Technical Artist (GameDev): Developing and maintaining real-time materials within Unreal Engine with an accent on building scalable shader systems and ensuring high visual fidelity while maintaining performance across multiple platforms. Focus on researching and prototyping new shading techniques to push visual quality and efficiency.

Company

Escape Velocity is a team of passionate, talented developers working at a studio that offers excellent benefits, on what they believe is a once-in-a-career project with a committed publisher.

What you will do

• Work with art and engineering to understand visual requirements and performance constraints.
• Develop, optimize, and maintain advanced materials and shaders using Unreal Engine
• Create reusable material functions and dynamic systems to support a wide range of surface types (environment, characters, VFX).
• Research and prototype new shading techniques to push visual quality and efficiency.
• Collaborate with rendering engineers to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks related to materials.
• Help define and maintain material pipelines and documentation for the art team.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a Technical Art or Material/Shader Art role.
• At least one released title on the current or previous console generation (gen8, gen9), preferably AAA.
• Strong knowledge of Unreal Engine’s material system (Material Editor, Material Functions, Material Instances).
• Deep understanding of PBR workflows, surface response, and lighting fundamentals.
• Experience creating and optimizing complex shaders for real-time performance.
• Proficiency with Substance Designer/Painter, Photoshop, or similar texturing tools.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with scripting or shader languages (HLSL, GLSL, Python) a plus.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully Remote.
• A generous PTO allowance.
• Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance).
• Private Medical & Dental Healthcare.
• Private Mental Health scheme.
• A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance.