Expert Technical Artist (Game Development)

TL;DR

Expert Technical Artist (Game Development): Developing high-quality, accessible visuals for a new IP (Project Hadar) by collaborating with artists and engineers and proposing rendering approaches. Accent on auditing PBR material values, shaders, lighting, and post-production systems across environments and characters, and identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving rendering and performance-related challenges. Focus on contributing to look development by analyzing visual targets and improving artistic pipelines through prototyping and automation.

Location: Hybrid in Warsaw, Poland. Relocation to Poland is required.

Company

hirify.global is a company known for creating revolutionary, story-driven RPGs like The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077, and is now building a completely new IP, Project Hadar.

What you will do

• Collaborate with artists, engineers, and designers to ensure creative alignment and propose rendering approaches.
• Conduct regular audits of content integrity from physically-based rendering material values, shaders, lighting, and post-production systems.
• Contribute to the look development by analyzing visual targets and breaking them down into actionable proposals.
• Review artistic pipelines and processes to identify improvements and prototype automation solutions.
• Mentor and guide fellow developers on best practices and technical approaches to content creation and rendering.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve rendering and performance-related challenges across various platforms.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in real-time graphics, rendering, physical-based lighting, and shading PBR pipeline or technical artistry, particularly with Unreal Engine.
• Excellence in artistry and computer graphics development with finished projects.
• Strong understanding and proven experience in developing and using computer graphics workflows (lighting, rendering, shaders).
• Proficiency in HLSL, GLSL, or other shader/programming languages.
• Effective communication in a team setting, including documenting or visually explaining complex ideas.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Culture & Benefits

• Relocation package covering flight, company apartment for the first month, pet and family relocation, and shipping belongings.
• Relocation assistance for legalization operations and tax settlements, plus Polish lessons for employees and their partners.
• Private medical healthcare with dental care, life insurance, annual cancer screenings, and free mental health support.
• Sports card, menstrual leave, RED Parents Network with childcare benefits, and RED Summer Camp for Kids.
• Welcome pack, various trainings, lectures, and courses, knowledge-sharing initiatives, and e-learning classes.
• Access to cafeteria platform for subscription benefits, medical packages, or vouchers.
• Dog-friendly office, social events, canteens, and an international working environment.
• Onsite well-equipped gym with a climbing wall, Gym Assistant support, and yoga/boxing classes.