Senior Technical Artist

About the role

4A Games is looking for a Senior Technical Artist to make a major contribution to creating lively video game environments. The role pushes the boundaries of modern platforms, keeps up with global trends and research, and bridges the gap between art and programming.

Key responsibilities

• Code specialized shaders and create procedural content creation tools.
• Implement work automation through scripting or special tools.
• Bridge the Art team and Programmers with guidelines, best practices and workflow documentation.
• Provide technical support to the Art team for tools and the engine.

Required profile

• 4+ years of experience in AAA console or PC game development; shipped games or a strong portfolio are a must.
• Technical mindset, logical thinking and understanding of memory and performance limits of real-time rendering.
• Extensive knowledge of Unreal and/or a comparable AAA game engine.
• Houdini experience and other procedural creation skills.
• Self-motivated and proactive, willing to pursue R&D independently.

Required skills

• Max/Maya scripting.
• Procedural open world content generation.
• Preferred: scripting such as Python or C++, and experience with physical, fluid and gas simulations.