Lead Technical Artist

📋 Description

• Design and manage scalable art pipelines across various projects, ensuring both consistency and technical efficiency.

• Create and implement tools and processes that enhance iteration speed and improve workflow efficiency.

• Assess and integrate emerging technologies, including procedural systems, AI-assisted pipelines, and real-time rendering.

• Mentor senior individual contributors and translate strategic objectives into actionable tasks.

• Enable effective cross-functional communication to align art, engineering, and production processes.

• Supervise multiple technical workflows, balancing immediate production demands with long-term scalability goals.

• Enhance performance and visual quality through advanced optimization techniques tailored for mobile platforms (draw calls, shaders, polycounts, overdraw).

• Promote collaboration and knowledge sharing, influencing cross-functional initiatives at the organizational level.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive background as a Technical Artist within the game development industry.

• Proficiency in Unity and various DCC tools, including Blender, Substance, Maya, and Photoshop.

• Proven success in building and scaling cross-functional pipelines that support multiple projects.

• Strong programming and scripting abilities in C# and Python, with experience in developing automation and pipeline tools.

• Expertise in mobile performance optimization and rendering pipelines (URP).

• Practical experience with procedural generation, AI-assisted art, and real-time rendering workflows.

• Demonstrated success in mentoring and guiding senior individual contributors.

• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with the capacity to influence senior leadership.

• Comfortable operating in uncertain environments and making strategic decisions with limited prior examples.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunity to significantly impact products and the direction of the company.

• A culture that promotes diversity, equity, and belonging, fostering an inclusive and supportive environment.

• Opportunities for growth and learning alongside seasoned professionals in the game industry.

• Community-focused game development that emphasizes a sense of belonging.

• Equal Opportunity Employer—committed to non-discrimination and inclusive hiring practices.