Technical VFX Artist (GameDev)

TL;DR

Technical VFX Artist (GameDev): Designing and implementing real-time VFX for mobile games with an accent on gameplay clarity, game feel, and visual consistency. Focus on optimizing VFX for mobile performance, creating custom assets, and debugging visual/performance issues.

Location: This is a hybrid, on-site position based in Belgrade, Serbia.

Company

hirify.global is a product company developing successful mobile sports gaming experiences like Top Eleven and Golf Rival, played by millions of players worldwide.

What you will do

• Design and implement real-time VFX for gameplay, UI, and environments using Unity’s toolset.
• Contribute to VFX concepts and visual direction, owning production, implementation, iteration, and final polish.
• Maintain visual consistency across gameplay and UI, according to the game's visual pillars.
• Create and tweak custom meshes, textures, shaders, animations, and particle systems.
• Optimize VFX for mobile performance (CPU, GPU, memory, overdraw, batching).
• Debug and resolve visual or performance-related issues tied to effects.

Requirements

• Strong artistic eye for timing, motion, color, and readability.
• Great skills in Unity (Particle System, Shader Graph, Animations).
• Proficiency in 3D modeling/animation software (Maya, Blender, 3ds Max).
• Ability to build scalable, reusable VFX systems that perform across a wide range of mobile devices.
• Solid understanding of mobile performance constraints.
• Clear communication around technical constraints, trade-offs, and proposed solutions.
• Collaborative mindset and active participation in reviews, ready to give and receive constructive feedback.
• Ownership and independence in debugging, refining, and optimizing your work.

Nice to have

• Experience in shipping mobile titles, especially live-ops games.
• Basic scripting knowledge (C#, HLSL).
• Familiarity with profiling tools (Unity Profiler, Frame Debugger).
• Experience creating VFX style guides, documentation, or shared effect libraries.

Culture & Benefits

• Transparent and trusting team culture with a strong sense of teamwork among 280+ teammates from around the world.
• hirify.global provides breakfast, lunch, snacks, beverages, a fully-equipped gym, and organized sports activities (yoga, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, basketball, football).
• Ergonomic workstation and top-notch tech equipment, including a laptop, mobile phone with bill coverage, a kids’ playroom, music corner, and game consoles.
• Premium private medical insurance for you and your family.
• Flexible working hours and a take-what-you-need vacation policy.
• Fully-paid maternity and paternity leave, employee stock purchase plan, and access to L&D platforms and opportunities.
• Work on games like Top Eleven (300M+ registered users) and Golf Rival (60M+ registered users).
• Opportunity to make an impact beyond the screen through the efforts of the hirify.global Foundation.