Director, Technical Art

Epic Games; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company in Montreal seeks a Technical Art Director to define the visual direction for mobile experiences. This role involves mentoring technical artists, optimizing visuals, and collaborating with various teams to ensure high-quality game performance. Ideal candidates should have experience in Unreal Engine and technical art leadership. Competitive benefits offered.

Benefits

100% benefits coverage for employees and dependents

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Mental well-being program with free therapy

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading or directing technical art for real-time projects.
• Deep understanding of rendering pipelines and profiling tools.
• Ability to develop scalable tools and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of technical artists for mobile and cross-platform experiences.
• Develop and maintain material and rendering workflows.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure visuals support gameplay.

Skills

Leadership in technical art direction

Expertise in Unreal Engine rendering pipeline

Proficiency in shaders and lighting

Experience with performance optimization

Collaboration and communication skills

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Mobile GPU Frameworks

Job description

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 Games is seeking a Technical Art Director to help define the visual and technical direction for our next‑generation mobile experiences. You’ll bridge art and programming to deliver exceptional visuals that perform seamlessly across a wide range of devices—from high‑end hardware to mid‑tier mobile platforms. You’ll build tools, pipelines, and rendering solutions that empower artists to create beautiful, efficient, and scalable content in Unreal Engine.

In this role, you will

• Lead and mentor a team of technical artists focused on delivering optimized, high‑quality visuals for mobile and cross‑platform experiences; partner with art, design, and programming to balance visual fidelity, performance, and production efficiency.
• Develop and maintain material, lighting, and rendering workflows that support both mobile and high‑end platforms.
• Build tools and pipelines that enable efficient iteration and validation across a variety of device profiles.
• Establish and uphold standards for asset optimization, texture compression, and draw call management.
• Profile, analyze, and optimize content to ensure consistent performance and scalability.
• Collaborate with gameplay, animation, and VFX teams to ensure visuals support gameplay readability and responsiveness.
• Contribute to defining technical art best practices that scale across multiple projects and visual targets.

What we're looking for

• Proven experience leading or directing technical art for real‑time projects across mobile or multi‑platform pipelines
• Deep understanding of Unreal Engine’s rendering pipeline, materials, and profiling tools
• Strong technical foundation in shaders, lighting, performance optimization, and asset validation
• Experience with both lightweight and advanced rendering techniques (e.g., dynamic lighting, post‑processing, material layering, and virtualized geometry)
• Ability to develop tools and workflows that scale from stylized to realistic visual goals
• Familiarity with mobile GPU Frameworks, memory constraints, and cross‑platform performance considerations
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across disciplines
• Ability to mentor and grow technical art teams, fostering both creative and technical excellence
• Experience with next‑gen rendering features in Unreal Engine 5 (Lumen, Nanite, virtual shadow maps) and strategies for scaling them across hardware tiers

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long‑term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well‑being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

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.

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