Technical Artist (Game Development)

TL;DR

Technical Artist (Game Development): Linking art and tech departments, leading R&D for tech art, and improving art pipelines while maintaining game performance. Focus on creating advanced shaders, supporting art with visual scripting, and mentoring less experienced artists.

Location: Malta or remote (Europe)

Company

hirify.global is a product company specializing in game development.

What you will do

• Act as a link between Tech and Art departments to ensure proper communication and understanding.
• Lead R&D for all tech art subjects, improving art pipelines and artistic quality.
• Work with all departments to ensure overall project performance is up to target while preserving visual quality.
• Create shaders using node-based tools like Unreal’s Material Editor and Unity’s Shader Graph.
• Support Art with visual scripting (e.g., Unreal’s Blueprints) for basic art asset functionality.
• Serve as a mentor for less experienced Technical Artists to help them evolve their skills.

Requirements

• 2.5+ years of professional experience as a Technical Artist in the Games Industry with at least 1 game released.
• Thorough knowledge of Unreal game engine.
• Sufficient knowledge of tools like 3d Studio Max or Maya, and Photoshop.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Love to collaborate and to work within a team.
• Love playing and creating games.

Nice to have

• Experience with any commonly used code-based shader creation language.
• Experience with developing and releasing game(s) on consoles.
• Experience with any proprietary game engines and/or Unity.
• Experience with tools and pipelines of Animation.