Remote Technical Artist: Cross-Platform Gameplay & Tools

Bilinguallink; Campbell River; Remote; CAD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackbird Interactive is seeking an experienced Technical Artist to adapt and enhance a large, established simulation game for new platforms. You’ll bridge design, art, and engineering to implement gameplay content, support technical pipelines, develop tools and workflows, and help ensure the game delivers a polished, performant player experience across platforms.

You’ll collaborate closely with designers, artists, engineers, and production to solve technical and creative challenges, improve

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional experience as a Technical Artist or similar in game development
• Strong understanding of real-time game development pipelines, engine integration, and content workflows
• Experience developing production tools, workflows, or gameplay systems using scripting or programming languages such as Python, C#, or C++
• Proficiency in animation tools and asset management/version control workflows
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently in a production environment

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design, art, engineering, and production to implement gameplay features across multiple platforms
• Bridge disciplines, solve technical challenges and support asset integration, debugging, optimization, and engine implementation
• Design and maintain tools, scripts, workflows, and pipelines that improve team productivity and content quality
• Identify usability, visual, and performance issues, developing solutions that balance player experience and production needs
• Support artists and designers across content areas, including animation, materials, FX, UI, and gameplay systems
• Create clear documentation for tools, workflows, and technical processes while identifying opportunities to improve production

Skills

3+ years experience

Technical artistry

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

Python

C#

C++

Maya

Job description

Blackbird Interactive is seeking an experienced Technical Artist to adapt and enhance a large, established simulation game for new platforms. You’ll bridge design, art, and engineering to implement gameplay content, support technical pipelines, develop tools and workflows, and help ensure the game delivers a polished, performant player experience across platforms.

You’ll collaborate closely with designers, artists, engineers, and production to solve technical and creative challenges, improve