Principal Technical Artist: AI-Powered Game World Creation

Electronic Arts (EA); Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Mental well-being support

Retirement savings

Paid time off

Complimentary games

Job summary

Electronic Arts in Montreal is seeking a Principal Technical Artist to bridge art and technology. You'll shape content pipelines, visuals, and AI-assisted workflows, collaborating with scientists, engineers, and designers to advance world-building capabilities.

A strong portfolio and AAA-level experience are highly valued. The role is hybrid, onsite three days a week in Montreal, reporting to the Senior Art Director, with opportunities to push cutting-edge neural rendering and practical gameplay

Qualifications

• 15+ years in AAA game development with shipped titles.
• Proficiency in Unreal, Unity, or proprietary engines.
• End-to-end knowledge of content production pipelines for AAA titles.
• Strong artistic sensibility and eye for high visual quality.
• Familiarity with scripting languages and compiled programming languages.
• Portfolio, demo reel, or examples showing technical artwork is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Explore and extend content creation pipelines and real-time visuals, powered by AI.
• Design novel technologies to bring game worlds to life at scale with quality and accessibility.
• Translate creative goals into practical technical solutions while preserving visual style.
• Develop tools and workflows to help artists iterate faster and make neural rendering more controllable.
• Collaborate with Art Direction and other developers to uplift visual quality.
• Create demos that showcase EA's work in its best light.

Job description

Electronic Arts in Montreal is seeking a Principal Technical Artist to bridge art and technology. You'll shape content pipelines, visuals, and AI-assisted workflows, collaborating with scientists, engineers, and designers to advance world-building capabilities.

A strong portfolio and AAA-level experience are highly valued. The role is hybrid, onsite three days a week in Montreal, reporting to the Senior Art Director, with opportunities to push cutting-edge neural rendering and practical gameplay