Senior Procedural Environment Artist - New IP

4A Games Limited; Malta; On-site; BRL 257,000 - 372,000; Full time

Job summary

4A Games Limited is seeking a Senior Procedural Environment Artist skilled in Houdini to join our team. You will craft procedural environments, build layouts, and populate the game world with assets while aligning with the production schedule and artistic vision.

Collaborate with Game Design, Level Design, and Art teams, develop tools and pipelines, and help streamline workflows. Strong English communication and experience in AAA pipelines are essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in game development and modelling.
• Strong Houdini experience required.
• Proficient in Python scripting.
• Understanding of real-time rendering and optimization.
• Experience with large asset workflows.
• Ability to work in AAA pipelines.
• Fluent in English.
• Open world knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement procedurally generated environments.
• Create layouts and populate world using assets.
• Collaborate with design and art teams.
• Develop production pipelines and tools.
• Improve workflows and pipeline integration.
• Provide staff training and documentation.
• Research shapes and environments.

Skills

Houdini

Procedural tools

Python scripting

Engine tooling

Real-time rendering

Large assets

Open world

English communication

Open world knowledge

Education

Technical or art education

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

SpeedTree

ZBrush

Blender

Job description

Responsibilities

We’re seeking a talented Senior Procedural Environment Artist specialized in Houdini, or similar procedural tools, to join our team. The successful candidate will create layouts and work with existing assets to fill the game world, crafting procedural tools, putting together dynamic environments. The candidate will also follow the production schedule and the chosen artistic view, as well as work closely with our Game Design, Level Design, and Art teams.

• Work closely with artists, tech artists and game designers to develop and implement systems to generate environments, effects and asset population procedurally using software like Houdin, Geometry Nodes, etc.
• Work with artists and tech artists to streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and integrate procedural tools into the existing pipeline.
• Proactively identify environment art related issues, propose solutions and document processes and tools.
• Provide support for procedural content and staff training.
• Research, define, extend, and maintain production pipelines, processes, and workflows.
• Perform quick research for shapes and environments.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in game development and modelling.
• Strong experience with any procedural creation software, with a preference for Houdini.
• Strong understanding and sense of graphical shape, form, and silhouette.
• Experience in Python or similar scripting tools.
• Knowledge of engine tooling and automation.
• Knowledge of real-time rendering engines, resource limits, and optimization.
• Experience with large asset authoring.
• Ability to work with organic structures.
• Ability to work with complex layouts.
• Able to work creatively as part of a large or small group.
• Good communication skills in English.
• Knowledge of modern AAA pipelines.

Preferences

• Technical or art education.
• Experience with game engines such as Unreal, Unity, etc
• Knowledge of additional software is a plus (SpeedTree, Zbrush, Blender, etc.).
• Knowledge of open-world creation and open-world games are a plus.
• Experience with shader and material graphs is a plus.
• Experience with tech art related topics is a plus.
• A passion for games.Proactive attitude.