Senior Landscape Artist (Unreal Engine)

Location: Belgrade, Serbia; hybrid workplace

Company

hirify.global develops AAA game projects with international teams of game development professionals.

What you will do

• Create landscapes in Unreal Engine 5 using sculpting, painting, foliage, spline, and external terrain-generation tools.
• Design and implement biomes with rocks, decals, roads, embankments, landscape patches, and other natural elements.
• Build and manage landscape materials in Unreal’s shader system and create materials in Quixel Mixer or Substance Designer.
• Use PCG and Houdini-based procedural workflows to place grass, trees, rocks, and other natural assets efficiently.
• Optimize landscapes for performance while maintaining visual quality and alignment with the art direction.
• Collaborate with design, lighting, technical, senior, and lead artists; mentor junior 3D artists and share best practices.

Requirements

• Experience creating game landscapes and biomes for high-quality projects.
• Knowledge of Unreal Engine 5, the Landscape system, and Material Graph.
• Knowledge of Perforce and 3D software such as Blender, Maya, or 3ds Max.
• Knowledge of terrain-generation software such as Gaea or World Machine.
• Understanding of biome asset creation, including embankments, road modules, rocks, decals, and small set-dressing assets.

Nice to have

• Experience with Quixel Mixer and Substance Designer.
• Knowledge of the Houdini plugin for Unreal Engine.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with an international team on challenging game projects.
• Learning and development through mentoring, lectures, conferences, and industry events.
• Medical care package.
• Sensibly flexible working hours.
• Breakfast, snacks, fruit, tea, and coffee available during the day.