Technical Artist (Lookdev)

TL;DR

Technical Artist (Lookdev): Defining and maintaining the visual identity of games by crafting materials, lighting, and rendering solutions within real-time constraints. Focus on developing and supporting real-time shaders, optimizing lighting workflows, and ensuring visual consistency across game assets and environments.

Location: Remote (within Canada only) or Hybrid/Onsite in Vancouver, BC, Canada

Salary: $85,000–$95,000 a year

Company

hirify.global is an independent game studio developing world-class IPs and original creations across multiple genres.

What you will do

• Partner with artists and art direction to define, prototype, and maintain the visual look of assets and environments in-engine.
• Develop and support real-time shaders, materials, and material workflows.
• Support lighting workflows, including setup, iteration, and optimization for real-time environments.
• Ensure visual consistency across assets, environments, and scenes.
• Collaborate with engineering on artistic needs and technical constraints related to rendering and lighting.
• Identify and resolve visual, rendering, or performance issues.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of real-time rendering principles and game art pipelines.
• Experience developing or authoring shaders and materials for real-time engines.
• Solid artistic eye for lighting, color, composition, and surface response.
• Familiarity with physically based rendering (PBR) workflows.
• Experience with lighting systems, post-processing, and rendering features in real-time engines.
• Some scripting or technical experience sufficient for lookdev workflows.

Nice to have

• Experience with shader graph tools and low-level shader languages (e.g., HLSL).
• Experience with Unity, Unreal, or similar real-time engines.
• Knowledge of performance profiling and optimization for lighting and materials.
• Experience supporting stylized or non-photoreal rendering styles.
• Familiarity with version control systems like Perforce (P4V).

Culture & Benefits

• Four-day work week.
• Flexible work arrangements: in-studio, remote (within Canada), and hybrid options.