Tech Art Lead

2K; Porto Alegre; Presencial; BRL 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Join a leading gaming company as a Lead Technical Artist, where you'll manage a team and drive innovative gameplay features for world-renowned games. The role focuses on collaboration across departments, optimizing art content, and utilizing cutting-edge technologies like Unreal Engine. With comprehensive employee benefits and a commitment to diversity, this is your chance to be part of something Epic!

Serviços

100% coverage for medical, dental, and life insurance

Daily meal vouchers

Commuter benefits for onsite employees

Qualificações

• Strong experience with game engine technologies.
• Proven leadership in managing technical artists.
• Expertise in optimizing art content for multiple platforms.

Responsabilidades

• Manage and mentor a team of technical artists.
• Collaborate with production to plan and scope tasks.
• Create and implement new gameplay features from start to finish.

Conhecimentos

Unreal Engine

Shaders

3D Modeling

Leadership

Blueprints

Ferramentas

3ds Max

Maya

Substance Designer

Houdini

Descrição da oferta de emprego

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

ART

What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

Epic is looking for an experienced Lead Technical Artist to join the Fortnite Battle Royal Team. Candidates in this role will manage and mentor a team of Technical Artists and communicate and collaborate with various other departments in establishing goals and tasks for new features. You will identify potential risks in plans and highlight them early with the team to problem solve. This person will work closely with Gameplay Engineers and Designers to create and implement new technical features from start to finish.

In this role, you will

• Manage and mentor a team of technical artists, provide art direction and feedback on tasks
• Optimize Art Content to ensure features are performant on all supported platforms(Console, handhelds, mobile)
• Collaborate with Art Leads to Create Shader and blueprint solutions for complex assets and provide proto models and guidance on how to approach creation of these assets
• Work with production to plan, scope and provide estimates for tasks and create tickets in Shotgrid
• Collaborate with Gameplay Engineers and Designers in executing new complex, technical gameplay features from start to finish
• Create Blueprint Solutions for Gameplay features that require dynamic shaders that telegraph gameplay states and are driven by gameplay mechanics
• Iterate with the Design team in Creating Shader and Blueprint solutions for Dynamic Gameplay assets while maintaining gameplay clarity

What we're looking for

• Strong experience with Unreal Engine or other real-time game engine technologies
• Skilled in authoring materials and shaders using node-based graph editors or HLSL
• Proficient in Blueprints and other programming or scripting languages
• Proven leadership as a departmental lead, managing technical artists and collaborating closely with all art departments
• Proficiency with 3D modeling tools such as 3ds Max, Maya, or similar software
• Experienced in texture creation using tools like Substance Designer and Substance Painter
• Hands-on experience with procedural modeling and simulation tools, such as Houdini
• Expertise in optimizing art and gameplay content across multiple platforms (console, Switch, mobile)
• Contributed to shipping cross-platform content on consoles, Switch, and mobile devices
• Led the development of gameplay features, collaborating closely with design teams to drive creative direction

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees (EEs) and dependents (deps). Our current benefits package includes coverage for medical, dental, and life insurance. We also offer supplemental benefits including daily meal vouchers, and commuter benefits for onsite employees.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.