Senior Technical Lighting Artist (Unreal Engine)

TL;DR

Senior Technical Lighting Artist (Unreal Engine): Create, polish, and troubleshoot advanced real-time lighting systems for production environments with an accent on core Unreal Engine components like Time of Day, Lumen, Nanite, and atmospheric effects. Focus on diagnosing rendering issues, balancing exposure/shadows/fog, and collaborating with Tech Art and Engineering to resolve technical challenges in large-scale levels.

Fully Remote (Poznań, Poland, Europe)

Company

Co-development studio working on technically demanding Unreal Engine projects with client-side Art, Lighting, Tech Art, and Engineering teams.

What you will do

• Create, polish, and troubleshoot lighting setups directly in Unreal Engine, including Time of Day systems.
• Adjust and balance Directional Light, Skylight, Sky Atmosphere, Exponential Height Fog, Post Process Volumes, and exposure settings.
• Use Sequencer for lighting control, Day Sequence Volumes, and Time of Day parameters.
• Diagnose issues in rendering, shadows, fog, atmosphere, performance, Lumen, Virtual Shadow Maps, Nanite, and LODs.
• Navigate Blueprints, World Partition, Data Layers, levels, and sublevels to identify problem sources.
• Collaborate closely with Art Directors, Lighting Artists, Technical Artists, and Engineers to solve production issues.

Requirements

• Strong portfolio or reel showing real-time lighting work in Unreal Engine.
• Professional experience as Lighting Artist, Technical Lighting Artist, Technical Artist, or Environment Artist with lighting focus.
• Deep understanding of Unreal Engine lighting workflows, rendering fundamentals, and Time of Day systems.
• Knowledge of how direct light, skylight, fog, atmosphere, exposure, post process, and shadows interact.
• Practical experience with Lumen, Virtual Shadow Maps, Nanite, LODs, draw distances, light complexity, and platform limits.
• Clear written English and comfort working in a fully remote, client-facing co-development model.

Nice to have

• Experience with dynamic Time of Day systems.
• Work on large open-world or semi-open-world Unreal Engine projects.
• Profiling or debugging lighting and rendering performance.
• Strong cinematic and gameplay lighting sense.
• Console or performance-constrained platform experience.
• Basic Blueprint scripting knowledge.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work with flexible contract options: B2B or employment.
• Collaborative, production-focused environment with close client team interaction.
• Direct impact on lighting quality, readability, and rendering consistency.
• Opportunity to tackle technically demanding lighting challenges.
• Annual team retreat for alignment, learning, and bonding.