Lead Technical Artist (Gamedev)

LEAD TECHNICAL ARTIST (CD PROJEKT RED)

🕹 The Witcher 4
🧠 Lead
💰 33,300–45,815 PLN gross monthly
⏰ Full-time
👔 Office (Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱)

🦄 Description
CD PROJEKT RED is looking for an Expert Technical Artist focused on art and visuals to join the team working on The Witcher 4, the first game in a brand-new saga. The role requires advanced artistic and technical skills, attention to detail, and passion for developing high-quality visuals that meet ambitious artistic and technological goals.

🚀 Responsibilities
• Collaborate with artists, engineers, and designers to align creative goals and rendering approaches
• Audit content integrity across PBR materials, shaders, lighting, and post-production systems
• Contribute to look development by analyzing visual targets and turning them into real-time-ready proposals
• Review art pipelines and propose improvements, prototypes, and automation solutions
• Mentor developers on content creation and rendering best practices
• Identify and resolve rendering and performance challenges
• Research emerging rendering technologies and visual achievements

📚 Required Skills
• 7+ years of experience in real-time graphics, rendering, physical-based lighting, shading, PBR pipelines, or technical artistry
• Strong Unreal Engine experience
• Portfolio showing excellence in artistry and computer graphics development
• Strong understanding of lighting, rendering, and shader workflows
• Proficiency in HLSL, GLSL, or other shader or programming languages
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Experience mentoring peers and driving shared goals
• Strong visual aesthetics, design sense, and creative problem-solving skills
• Ability to work iteratively with feedback, testing, and improvement cycles

👍 Nice to Have
• Experience across games, movies, or commercials
• Experience with scalable visuals across multiple platforms
• Interest in emerging rendering technologies
• Experience creating automation solutions for art pipelines

🍪 What we offer
• Hybrid or full-time office work in Warsaw
• Relocation package and relocation assistance
• Polish lessons for foreign employees and partners
• 20 to 26 days of paid holiday and paid sick leave
• Private medical healthcare with dental care and rehabilitation
• Life insurance and pension plans
• Mental health support and well-being initiatives
• Sports card and onsite gym
• Menstrual leave and support for working parents
• Trainings, lectures, courses, and learning opportunities
• Cafeteria platform with benefits and reimbursements
• Dog-friendly office, social events, and international working environment
• Long term incentive program with option to purchase CDPR stock after vesting period

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