TL;DR

Senior Technical Artist (Gamedev): Solving technical challenges and ensuring high technical quality for Technical Art projects, working with top brands in digital entertainment. Focus on developing software and hardware solutions, improving internal pipelines and tools, and pushing graphical boundaries through experimentation.

Company

%hirify_global% is a global studio providing multi-discipline, creative support across the full game development pipeline.

What you will do

Ensure Technical Art projects are creatively outstanding and of high technical quality.
Develop software and hardware solutions tailored to the needs of various projects and clients.
Improve %hirify_global%’s internal pipelines and tools.
Troubleshoot technical and project-related issues, including people, processes, tools, and workflow.
Optimize pipelines, processes, and assets for game engines.
Push graphical boundaries through experimentation.

Requirements

Demonstrable understanding of at least one scripting language such as Python, C# or C++.
Demonstrable understanding of game development in Unreal Engine with Blueprint Scripting.
Ideally demonstrable experience of making tools with Houdini.
Understanding of methods for optimizing pipelines, processes and assets for game engines.
Understanding of industry standard 3D software packages (Maya, 3D Studio Max, Motion Builder, zBrush etc).
Experience and understanding of art/animation pipelines on modern game consoles.

Culture & Benefits

Flexible benefits allowance, salary sacrifice pension, and an employee referral scheme.
Flexible working, 21 days holiday (increasing with service), bank holidays, and a birthday day off.
Dental insurance, income protection, life assurance, private healthcare, and EAP programs.
Structured Personal Development and regular appraisals.
Studio perks, regular care packages, studio days out, and studio-led social activities.
Sabbaticals at 10 years service and annual gaming subscription.