Principal Technical Material/Shader Artist (Unreal Engine)

Location: Hybrid working environment in Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a new AAA game studio building a best-in-class game in a collaborative development environment.

What you will do

• Define and champion the technical and artistic quality standards for materials and shaders across 3D artwork.
• Design, develop, and maintain complex Unreal Engine Master Materials, shader systems, and reusable material functions.
• Create benchmark-quality PBR materials that balance realism, flexibility, and real-time performance.
• Establish scalable material pipelines and profile and optimize shader content.
• Collaborate with Art Leadership, Artists, Technical Artists, and Render Engineers.
• Provide technical direction, guidance, and best practices to other artists.

Requirements

• Extensive senior- or principal-level experience developing, implementing, and optimizing complex real-time materials and shaders in Unreal Engine.
• Expert knowledge of Unreal Engine’s Material Editor, including Master Materials, material functions, parameterization, layered materials, and scalable shader architecture.
• Deep understanding of real-time rendering, PBR workflows, lighting, texture authoring, and shader performance.
• Advanced proficiency with Substance Designer and Substance Painter.
• A strong portfolio and the ability to provide technical direction to other artists.

Nice to have

• Experience with HLSL, custom shader code, procedural material techniques, scripting, or automation.
• Knowledge of photogrammetry, photography, scanning, or physically accurate material capture.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, hybrid working environment.
• 25 days of holiday plus one day for a birthday.
• Studio shutdown between Christmas and New Year.
• Discretionary bonus scheme and private pension scheme.
• Private healthcare, dental care, optical treatments, and health and well-being benefits.
• Mental health support.