Senior Technical Artist

RESPONSIBILITIES

We are looking for a Technical Artist who will make a major contribution to creating lively video game environments.

• Never use the word “impossible”. 
• Push boundaries of modern platforms and optimize features effectively. 
• Be aware of global trends, learn relevant research papers, develop new ideas. 
• Code specialized shaders. 
• Create procedural content creation tools. 
• Implement work automation methods by scripting or using special tools. 
• Enable good communication between the Art team and Programmers, providing guidelines, best practices, and documentation for workflows.
• Provide technical support to the Art team for the tools and the engine.

REQUIREMENTS

• 4+ years of experience in AAA console or PC games development. Shipped games or a strong portfolio are a must.
• Technical mind, developed logic, thinking “outside of the box”. 
• Understanding memory and performance limitations of real-time rendering. 
• Extensive knowledge of Unreal and/or a comparable AAA game engine 
• Houdini experience and other procedural creation skills. 
• Max/Maya scripting knowledge.  
• Self-motivated and proactive. Doing R&D means digging your own path ignoring doubts. 
• Procedural open world content generation.

Preferences

• Scripting skills e.g. Python, C++, etc. 
• Experience creating physical, fluid, and gas simulations.