Senior Mid-level Environment Artist (GameDev)

TL;DR

Senior Mid-level Environment Artist (GameDev): Finishing approved environment proxies into final, game-ready spaces at AAA shipping quality with an accent on modular kits, material lookdev, and Unreal integration. Focus on worldbuilding, PBR material calibration, and performance optimization within production targets.

Location: Fully Remote

Company

hirify.global partners with major AAA teams to ship real-time content.

What you will do

• Finish environment proxies into final, game-ready spaces, including modular kits, retopo/UVs, bakes, materials, and Unreal integration.
• Perform worldbuilding, set dressing for clarity, playability, and navigation.
• Build calibrated material stacks, ensuring consistent texel density and material budgets.
• Validate assets under production lighting and fix issues with scale, roughness response, and readability.
• Ensure performance stays within memory/draw-call/material/texture targets with sensible LOD/HLOD strategy.
• Follow pipeline hygiene and flag improvements to the Finishing Bible.

Requirements

• Senior: 5+ years in real-time environment art with a shipped AA/AAA title or equivalent, owning meaningful areas.
• Mid-Level: 3+ years in environment art with shipped work or strong production-quality samples.
• Strong proficiency in Maya/Blender/Max, Substance 3D Painter/Designer, Photoshop, with reliable retopo/UV/bake fundamentals.
• Confident integrating and troubleshooting in Unreal Engine (materials/master instances, collisions/lightmaps, LODs/HLODs, world partition/streaming).
• Solid eye for composition, scale, readability, and material response.
• Clear communicator; reliable in a remote, multi-time-zone team.

Nice to have

• Houdini utilities (scatter, kit generation, terrain ops).
• SpeedTree and foliage optimization.
• Photogrammetry cleanup; baking-to-tilers workflows.
• Basic scripting (Python/Blueprint) and ShotGrid/Jira familiarity.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a senior, hands-on, fully remote team.
• Contribute within an environment pod, collaborating with the Principal Environment Artist and Lead 3D Artist.
• Focus on consistent first-pass approvals and on-time delivery.
• Enjoy bank holidays and full annual leave entitlement.