Senior Advanced Technical Artist (Game Development)

TL;DR

Senior Advanced Technical Artist (Game Development): Developing custom workflows and coded tools for the art team, and maintaining the integrity of art pipelines for AAA game titles, with an accent on identifying inefficiencies and implementing improvements. Focus on troubleshooting key pipeline issues, supporting client-facing project requirements, and refining the visual quality of games.

Location: Requires presence at physical locations in Austin, Texas (USA) or Toronto, Canada

Salary: 120,000–170,000 CAD

Company

hirify.global is a game development company known for co-developing numerous AAA FPS games and creating compelling new original IPs.

What you will do

• Develop custom workflows using scripts and coded tools solutions for the art team.
• Maintain and improve the integrity of art pipelines by identifying inefficiencies and recommending and implementing improvements.
• Troubleshoot key pipeline issues and solve core problems in cooperation with the development team.
• Support the technical art needs of client-facing project requirements and partner expectations.
• Facilitate technical art communication across disciplines.
• Collaborate with a diverse team to promote innovation and refine the visual quality of games.

Requirements

• 6+ years game industry experience, with 4+ specifically in a technical artist role.
• Shipped 1+ AAA title as a Technical Artist.
• Experience developing pipelines, including Substance Designer, Substance Painter, or Houdini.
• Tech-fluency in at least one development language such as Python, MEL, C#, or C++.
• Expert-level familiarity with at least one industry-level DCC application (Maya, Max, Blender, Modo).
• Knowledge of Perf, Material, and Unreal Engine tooling.
• Experience working in multiple 3D game engines.
• Experience working on a wide range of tech art projects.
• Expert-level familiarity with developing tools for environment art creation and workflow.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and organizational skills.
• Portfolio showing off your work.

Nice to have

• Broad interest in real-time rendering technologies and art asset creation tools.
• Shipped at least one project as a Senior Technical Artist with Unreal Engine.
• Able to create/own multiple shaders and material pipelines for a AAA project.
• Experience in managing real-time rendering, run-time analytics, and optimization.

Culture & Benefits

• A culture reflecting values of evolution, diversity, excellence, and work-life balance.
• Opportunity to work on great franchises in gaming history and new original IP.
• Commitment to a diverse and inclusive environment.