Pipeline Technical Artist (GameDev)

TL;DR

Pipeline Technical Artist (GameDev): Developing tools to support the art team and optimize pipelines between artist publishing tools, asset databases, and version control backend with an accent on troubleshooting artist data. Focus on scripting and technical tools pipeline development, collaboration with other technical artists, and supporting art teams directly.

Location: May be based anywhere in the United States

Salary: $41- $57 per hour (California, Washington), $37 - $51 per hour (New York State, New Jersey), $34 - $48 (CAD) per hour (British Columbia)

Company

Visual Concepts is one of the world’s top game development studios, committed to artistry and ground breaking technology.

What you will do

• Hands-on scripting and technical tools pipeline development to refine and improve our workflow.
• Optimize pipelines between our artist publishing tools, asset databases, and our version control backend.
• Continually build and troubleshoot the artist data (e.g. assets, props, textures, materials, characters, etc.) and the pipeline that produces it.
• Collaborate with a team of other technical artists, support art teams directly, and work closely with engineers.

Requirements

• Experience in writing tools, scripts, and pipeline development, ideally for games or visual effects.
• Mastery with Python and have a working knowledge of Maya or other 3d content creation application.
• Love for video games.

Nice to have

• Writing tools that work with Perforce or other version control software.
• Supervising a render farm job queue and troubleshooting failed jobs.
• Character Rigging Experience.
• Experience with Qt and PySide.
• Experience working with Shader for USD.
• Setting up or maintaining ShotGrid Desktop and the ShotGrid Tank API.
• Querying and populating a database with its Python API.
• Machine Learning Experience.
• Experience with C#.

Culture & Benefits

• The total compensation package may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.