Senior Technical Artist – Lighting Pipeline

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take full ownership of the UE5 lighting and baking pipeline from start to finish: including configuration, distributed baking workflows, lightmap UV tools, and validation processes.

• Develop and sustain Python and Unreal Editor tools that automate lighting and environmental tasks, while integrating seamlessly with our Perforce and Jenkins systems.

• Collaborate with DevOps to connect baking processes and validation tasks into Jenkins, ensuring the availability of pipeline telemetry.

• Identify and resolve bake failures, lightmap artifacts, and performance issues.

• Conduct profiling and optimization of lighting costs for both PC and console platforms using Unreal Insights, RenderDoc, and stat commands.

• Keep technical documentation and debugging manuals up to date, enabling environment artists to troubleshoot independently.

• Serve as the primary technical resource for lighting and baking pipeline challenges across the studio.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in the gaming industry, with at least two released titles, predominantly in a Technical Artist capacity.

• Extensive understanding of UE5 lighting and baking pipelines, including what is currently supported, what has been deprecated, and the process of delivering confined indoor environments.

• Proficient in Python, particularly with the Unreal Python API.

• Practical experience in profiling and optimization utilizing Unreal Insights, RenderDoc, and GPU profiling tools.

• Familiarity with Perforce-based UE5 projects, particularly with stream workflows.

• Experience in integrating Unreal workflows with Jenkins or similar Continuous Integration systems.

• Excellent communication skills, particularly in a remote-first environment; this position entails a balance of technical responsibilities and cultural bridging.

🏝️ Benefits

• Mob Entertainment is committed to equal opportunity employment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or religious creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, family or parental status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

• We provide competitive salaries and a variety of opportunities for career advancement.