Expert Technical Artist (Game Development)

TL;DR

Expert Technical Artist (Game Development): Collaborating on Project Hadar to build a new IP from the ground up, focusing on art and visuals with attention to detail and high-quality accessible visuals. Focus on translating creative ideas into real-time solutions, ensuring content integrity, and identifying rendering and performance challenges across various platforms.

Location: In-office in a hybrid or full-time capacity in Warsaw, Poland. Relocation to Poland is required.

Salary: 33 300 – 45 815 PLN gross monthly.

Company

hirify.global is a company dedicated to creating revolutionary, story-driven RPGs, known for games like The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077, and is now building a completely new IP, Project Hadar.

What you will do

• Collaborate with artists, engineers, and designers to ensure creative alignment and propose rendering approaches.
• Conduct regular audits of content integrity from physically-based rendering material values to lighting and post-production systems.
• Contribute to look development by analyzing visual targets and breaking them down into real-time-ready proposals.
• Review artistic pipelines and processes to identify improvements and prototype automation solutions.
• Mentor and guide fellow developers on best practices and technical approaches for content creation and rendering.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve rendering and performance-related challenges across various platforms.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in real-time graphics, rendering, physical-based lighting, and shading PBR pipeline or technical artistry, particularly with Unreal Engine.
• Excellence in artistry and computer graphics development with finished projects in movies, commercials, or games.
• Strong understanding and proven experience in developing and using computer graphics workflows (lighting, rendering, shaders), especially with Unreal Engine.
• Proficiency in HLSL, GLSL, or other shader/programming languages.
• Effective communication and initiative in driving shared goals, mentoring peers, and contributing both independently and collaboratively.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid or full-time in-office work model with relocation support including flight tickets, company apartment, and assistance with legalization and tax settlements.
• Polish language lessons for foreign employees and their partners.
• Comprehensive health and well-being benefits, including private medical healthcare, life insurance, annual screenings, and mental health support.
• Sports card, menstrual leave, RED Parents Network with childcare benefits, and RED Summer Camp for Kids.
• Opportunities for professional growth through trainings, lectures, and courses.
• Dog-friendly office, social events, onsite gym with climbing wall, and no dress-code.