Technical Artist

Required skills:

• At least 2 years of experience in the same position;
• Working experience with various graphics software (3ds Max, Maya, ZBrush, Houdini, Photoshop);
• Experience with MaxScript, Python scripting (in 3ds Max and/or Maya);
• Familiarity with different game engine technologies (Unreal Engine 4, CryEngine, Unity, etc.);
• Knowledge of programming languages (C++ preferred) and an ability to learn new ones;
• Overall knowledge of computer graphics and graphic APIs (DirectX and OpenGL);
• Ability to understand complex systems independently, figure out solutions for various issues, and quickly learn new skills.

Preferred skills:

• Working experience with Unreal Engine 4 (creating materials, Blueprints scripting, lighting, VFX, C++ programming);
• Experience in communicating with programmers’ teams and solving technical issues which arise during the artist’s work process;
• Knowledge of various aspects of creating content for games;
• Working experience with DirectX and/or OpenGL;
• Experience with writing shaders in HLSL and/or GLSL.

Responsibilities:

Creating materials and visual effects:

• Making and organizing materials for environment elements, characters, etc. – all the technical stuff;
• Creating particle and post-process-based VFX.

Content supervision:

• Audit existing content and look for ways to improve pipelines;
• Developing required tools for the artist team using Blueprints or C++ (in an engine) or MaxScript/Python (in 3ds Max/Maya);
• Taking part in developing new features for tools with the programmers’ team;
• Modeling and texturing when prototyping and fixing content issues.

Optimization:

• Constant monitoring of the game’s performance