Technical Artist (Fortnite)

TL;DR

Technical Artist (Unreal Engine): Building and optimizing visually rich, performant materials for characters and accessories using Unreal Engine and industry-standard texturing tools. With an accent on leveraging procedural textures and custom material logic for distinctive visual effects. Focus on developing reusable material frameworks and optimizing assets for performance across multiple platforms.

Location: Cary, United States

Company

hirify.global is a global corporation with over 4,500 employees, known for developing award-winning games and the Unreal Engine technology.

What you will do

• Create and optimize high-quality, game-ready materials for characters and cosmetics, leveraging procedural textures and custom logic.
• Generate textures and bake data using Substance Designer, Substance Painter, and Houdini.
• Develop reusable material frameworks and workflows to support efficient asset creation.
• Collaborate with artists and engineers to integrate materials with geometry, effects, and Blueprints.
• Ensure materials and textures meet performance, memory, and scalability targets across multiple platforms.
• Contribute to improving Unreal Engine material pipelines and best practices.

Requirements

• Strong portfolio demonstrating game materials, advanced understanding of PBR workflows, and real-time rendering constraints.
• Proven experience creating complex materials with procedural textures and custom behaviors using Substance Designer and Painter.
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine 5 art and material pipeline and experience developing content for multiple platforms.
• Solid understanding of modeling and texturing fundamentals within a real-time art pipeline.
• Strong collaboration skills.
• Desire to own features and initiatives from inception through ship.

Nice to have

• Tools, scripting, or pipeline development experience for Unreal Engine, Substance Designer, and/or Substance Painter.
• Experience setting up modern character art pipelines or building custom tools/automation.
• Familiarity with Blueprints, Python, or similar scripting languages.
• Experience in secondary areas such as modeling, lighting, or VFX.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, welcoming, and creative work environment.
• 100% employer-paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision HRA for employee and dependents.
• 401k with a competitive match.
• Robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, offering free therapy and coaching.
• Unlimited PTO and sick time.
• Paid sabbatical after 7 years of employment.