Senior Procedural Artist (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Senior Procedural Artist (Gamedev): Driving the evolution of content pipelines and world-building systems with deep expertise in Houdini. Focus on designing scalable procedural systems while maintaining strong artistic direction and visual quality.

Location: Here East, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, E15 2GW. Fully remote available/Hybrid

Company

hirify.global is the gaming studio behind Football Manager, founded in 1994 and based in Stratford, East London.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality procedural tools and systems in Houdini for asset generation and environment workflows.
• Create scalable procedural setups for environments, characters, props, terrain elements, modular kits, or systemic content.
• Build artist-friendly HDAs with clean controls and clear documentation.
• Collaborate with the Head of Art and Animation to ensure procedural systems maintain strong visual identity and consistency.
• Identify opportunities to improve existing pipelines through automation and procedural solutions.
• Mentor mid-level and junior artists in procedural workflows and best practices.

Requirements

• Expert-level knowledge of Houdini (SOPs, VEX-based workflows, procedural modelling, instancing, scattering, attribute workflows, optimization).
• Strong understanding of procedural thinking and non-destructive workflows.
• Experience building production-ready HDAs for use in a game dev pipeline.
• Excellent artistic eye - composition, scale, silhouette, material breakup, environmental storytelling.
• Strong understanding of real-time engine constraints (polycount, draw calls, LODs, memory considerations).
• Ability to communicate complex procedural concepts clearly to non-technical artists.

Nice to have

• Experience integrating Houdini workflows into Unity pipelines.
• Familiarity with Houdini Engine for Unity.
• Experience with terrain generation, world-building systems, or large-scale environment production.
• Knowledge of shader workflows and material systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Private Healthcare and Dental Cover.
• Contributory Pension Scheme (employer contributions up to 7% of annual salary).
• Access to life assurance and income protection Cover.
• Access to Travel Insurance for yourself and your family.
• Confidential mental health, therapy and coaching support with subsidised access.
• Free onsite evening bar in the hirify.global London HQ.