Senior Technical Artist

4A Games Limited; Malta; Sur place; BRL 343 000 - 515 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

4A Games Limited in Malta seeks a Technical Artist to push the visual fidelity of our AAA titles. You will bridge Art and Tech, implement shaders, build procedural tools, and optimize real-time rendering across platforms.

Responsibilities include collaborating with Art and Programming to establish workflows, scripting, and R&D for innovative effects, with a focus on performance and memory budgets in demanding game environments.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in AAA console or PC game development with shipped titles or a strong portfolio.
• Strong technical mind and ability to think outside the box.
• Solid understanding of memory and real-time rendering performance limits.
• Extensive knowledge of Unreal Engine or a comparable AAA engine.
• Houdini experience and other procedural creation skills.
• Max/Maya scripting knowledge.
• Proactive, self-motivated R&D attitude.
• Experience with procedural open world content generation.

Responsabilités

• Contribute to creating lively game environments and visuals.
• Code specialized shaders and optimize features for platforms.
• Develop tools for procedural content creation and automation.
• Script/workflow automation to streamline art pipelines.
• Support Art team with tooling and engine guidance.
• Foster communication between Art and Programmers with clear guidelines.

Connaissances

Procedural content generation

Shader programming

Memory/performance optimization

Creative problem solving

Cross-disciplinary communication

Outils

Unreal Engine

Houdini

Maya scripting

3ds Max scripting

Description du poste

Responsibilities

We are looking for a Technical Artist who will make a major contribution to creating lively video game environments.

• Never use the word “impossible”.
• Push boundaries of modern platforms and optimize features effectively.
• Be aware of global trends, learn relevant research papers, develop new ideas.
• Code specialized shaders.
• Create procedural content creation tools.
• Implement work automation methods by scripting or using special tools.
• Enable good communication between the Art team and Programmers, providing guidelines, best practices, and documentation for workflows.
• Provide technical support to the Art team for the tools and the engine.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in AAA console or PC games development. Shipped games or a strong portfolio are a must.
• Technical mind, developed logic, thinking “outside of the box”.
• Understanding memory and performance limitations of real-time rendering.
• Extensive knowledge of Unreal and/or a comparable AAA game engine
• Houdini experience and other procedural creation skills.
• Max/Maya scripting knowledge.
• Self-motivated and proactive. Doing R&D means digging your own path ignoring doubts.
• Procedural open world content generation.

Preferences

• Scripting skills e.g. Python, C++, etc.
• Experience creating physical, fluid, and gas simulations.