Head Technical Artist (Unity)

Location: Hybrid or office-based in Almaty, Tbilisi, or Yerevan; the listing also mentions Limassol.

Company

hirify.global is an independent gaming studio creating OneState, a mobile life simulator built in Unity.

What you will do

• Define the technical vision and maintain unified standards for graphical content, engine integration, and game performance.
• Build and maintain technical art pipelines across Environment, Character, VFX, UI, Lighting, and other departments.
• Evaluate technical risks during gameplay feature development and design feature workflows from concept through runtime and scaling.
• Optimize shaders, memory usage, and CPU/GPU performance while preserving visual quality.
• Adapt graphics and workflows for Mobile, PC, and Console platforms.
• Automate repetitive production tasks through exporters, validators, procedural systems, and custom tools while shaping the Technical Art department.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Head or Lead Technical Artist with shipped projects.
• Deep understanding of real-time graphics, rendering pipelines, shader complexity, streaming, LOD/HLOD, and asset budgeting.
• Experience designing technical solutions with graphics, systems, and tools engineers.
• Hands-on experience building scalable automation tools, including scripts, batch tools, and content validators.
• Ability to assess implementation and maintenance costs in relation to product value.
• Successful experience mentoring and developing team members from Middle to Lead or Owner levels.

Nice to have

• Multiplatform experience across PC, Console, and Mobile.
• Experience with production-ready procedural content generation systems.
• Experience building custom profiling and validation workflows for large-scale projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an engaged team with minimal bureaucracy and regular constructive feedback.
• Professional growth opportunities, salary reviews based on performance, and a promotion system.
• Flexible hours with the option to take days off.
• Paid sick days and assistance in difficult life situations.

Hiring process

• Application review followed by an HR interview.
• Technical interviews and, in some cases, a test assignment.
• Final interview, offer, and onboarding.