Senior 3D Artist (GameDev)

TL;DR

Senior 3D Artist (GameDev): Crafting immersive environments, lighting, and 3D assets directly in hirify.global Studio, with an accent on narrative space, performance optimization, and scalable solutions for new platform capabilities. Focus on rapid prototyping of playable worlds, driving cross-functional partnerships, and contributing to platform evolution through technical and creative solutions.

Location: Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted). This position is based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA, United States.

Salary: $163,140—$199,860 USD

Company

hirify.global is building tools and a platform to empower its global community of developers and creators to bring immersive 3D digital experiences to life.

What you will do

• Craft immersive environments and layouts directly in hirify.global Studio, applying a holistic understanding of 3D space.
• Develop lighting direction to establish mood, readability, and emotional tone, establishing next-generation time-based lighting setups.
• Support character and in-world object development, prototyping models within your environments.
• Execute rapid prototyping in fast iteration cycles, building playable worlds quickly for experimentation and launches.
• Drive cross-functional partnership with strategy, creative leads, engineering, and design to ensure creative goals are technically achievable.
• Accelerate partner production by providing hands-on guidance to external creators and identifying reusable patterns.
• Contribute to platform evolution by exploring new platform primitive types and optimizing lighting and material textures.

Requirements

• 6–10+ years of experience in game development, interactive media, or immersive environments.
• Artistic mastery in 3D environment art, lighting, materials, and world composition, with strength in emotive-driven storytelling.
• Substantial experience across 3D art types, with ability to stretch technically and creatively across characters, vehicles, and props.
• Real-time fluency and a deep understanding of proprietary engine rendering constraints and performance optimization.
• High-speed proficiency in environment modeling and texturing tools such as Blender, Maya, and Substance Painter/Designer.
• Broader technical knowledge of the world-building stack, including character, animation, and physics, and understanding of how AI/automation impacts 3D art.

Culture & Benefits

• Join a small and fast-moving “0 to 1” team at the forefront of culture on hirify.global.
• Work to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale.
• Help create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.
• All full-time employees are eligible for equity compensation and for benefits.
• hirify.global provides equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodations to candidates.