Technical Artist (Unreal Engine)

TL;DR

Technical Artist (Unreal Engine): Bridging engineering and art teams to improve game visuals and performance with an accent on developing exporter tools, UE Blueprints, and shaders. Focus on creative problem-solving, optimizing content workflows, and resolving technical art issues across various domains.

Location: Hybrid or Onsite in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Salary: $71,400–$105,720 CAD per Year

Company

hirify.global Sports Lab is the newest stand-alone studio at hirify.global, building a world-class team to develop hirify.global's next groundbreaking sports franchise.

What you will do

• Create prototypes and iterate on your work using Unreal Engine 5 for creative problem-solving.
• Partner with Leads and Artists to establish high-performing content workflows and tools to enhance art quality.
• Ensure solutions are optimized for style, technical requirements, and production constraints, while maintaining workflow documentation.
• Identify and resolve technical art issues across characters, environments, tools, scripting, shaders, lighting, VFX, renderings, and physics.
• Develop Python scripts and tools to enhance Artist and Animator workflows in Maya and Motionbuilder.
• Communicate daily with all teams to align technical art with project goals.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience as a Technical Artist, with at least 1 AAA shipped title (preferably in Unreal Engine).
• Experience using node-based shader networks in Unreal Editor with a solid understanding of PBR workflows.
• Knowledge of CgFX, HLSL, or CG from a technical artist's perspective.
• Proficiency in modern industry-standard 3D Software, including Substance Designer/Painter, Houdini, and Maya.
• Experience working with UE Blueprints building tools for Artists.
• Comprehensive understanding of Python and experience writing content tools for Maya and Motionbuilder.

Nice to have

• C++ knowledge and experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring individuals with disabilities are provided suitable accommodations for equal employment opportunities.