Lead Environment Artist (Unreal Engine 5)

Location: Kraków, Poland; hybrid work with 3 days from the office and 2 days from home

Company

hirify.global is an experienced game development studio known for titles including RoboCop: Rogue City, Terminator: Resistance, and RENNSPORT, with more than 150 employees across Kraków, Łódź, Warsaw, and Tokyo.

What you will do

• Lead the visual development of regions, biomes, locations, architecture, materials, composition, and interactive elements in Unreal Engine 5.
• Manage, mentor, review, and support the development of the Environment Art team and coordinate remote artists.
• Work with Level Design to turn whiteboxes into readable, gameplay-focused final locations.
• Plan production with the Producer, including estimation, prioritization, scheduling, and progress monitoring.
• Develop scalable Environment Art pipelines and workflows with Technical Art.
• Maintain performance, memory, and streaming budgets while identifying technical, quality, and production risks.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of professional Environment Art experience on commercial PC or console games, supported by a portfolio.
• Lead or Senior Artist experience involving coordination, feedback, and mentoring, plus at least one shipped AA or AAA title.
• Excellent Unreal Engine 5 skills, including Streaming, Data Layers, Landscape, Foliage, and Lumen.
• Strong knowledge of realistic environment creation, modular production, asset libraries, composition, materials, lighting, readability, and environmental storytelling.
• Proficiency with Blender, Substance 3D Painter, and ZBrush.
• Fluency in Polish and English is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with open-world, survival, action, FPP, or TPP games.
• Knowledge of procedural tools such as PCG or Houdini.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on a modern action-survival game for PC and consoles using Unreal Engine 5.
• Collaborative, creative, and open-minded team with no crunch for many years.
• Flexible working hours with a start time between 8:00 and 10:00 and a 40-minute lunch break included in working time.
• Modern office, gaming equipment, and access to new technologies.
• Multisport program, private Luxmed healthcare, study discounts, company library, referral bonus, and game-success bonus.

Hiring process

• Only selected candidates will be contacted.