Senior Technical Artist - EA SPORTS Technology

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3 weeks vacation to start

10 days sick time

Top-up EI/QPIP benefits up to 100%

Extended health/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan for regular full-time

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

EA SPORTS in Vancouver is seeking a Senior Technical Artist to develop pipelines, workflows, and technology innovations used by content creators across the studio. You will join a central team of Technical Artists and partner with development teams to build shared and scalable solutions.

You will own technical issues, optimize assets, and help bridge art and engineering. Hybrid in Vancouver three days a week (Tue–Thu). The role offers competitive salary with benefits and retirement planning.

Qualifications

• At least 6+ years of cinematic/games production experience.
• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a related field.
• Effective at communicating with different audiences: artists, engineers, managers.
• Proficient scripting/programming in Python or C#.
• Experience with 2D/3D art packages such as Maya, Photoshop, Houdini.
• A solutions-provider, especially for testing and debugging technical issues.
• Experience with asset optimisation challenges/techniques.
• Willingness to jump into the unknown and solve new problems to resolve technical challenges and limitations.

Responsibilities

• Develop pipelines, workflows, and technology innovations for content creators.
• Partner with development teams to build shared and scalable solutions.
• Develop content production tools, pipelines, asset optimisation/integration, and workflows.
• Assume ownership over any technical issues that arise on projects and bring them to resolution.

Skills

Python

C#

C++

Maya

Houdini

Photoshop

Asset optimisation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Maya

Photoshop

Houdini

Job description

About the Role

The Senior Technical Artist develops pipelines, workflows, and technology innovations used by content creators across all EA SPORTS. As part of a central team of Technical Artists, they partner with development teams to build shared and scalable solutions. The role involves ownership of technical issues and reporting to Technical Art Directors on the EA SPORTS Tech - Technical Art team.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop pipelines, workflows, and technology innovations for content creators.
• Partner with development teams to build shared and scalable solutions.
• Develop content production tools, pipelines, asset optimisation/integration, and workflows.
• Assume ownership over any technical issues that arise on projects and bring them to resolution.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• At least 6+ years of cinematic/games production experience.
• A bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience) in a related field.
• Effective at communicating with different audiences: artists, engineers, managers.
• Proficient scripting/programming in Python or C#.
• Experience with 2D/3D art packages such as Maya, Photoshop, Houdini.
• A solutions-provider, especially as it pertains to testing and debugging technical issues.
• Experience with asset optimisation challenges/techniques.
• A willingness to jump into the unknown and solve new problems to resolve technical challenges and limitations.
• A passion for games.
• Demonstrate a comfort level in working with both art and science.

Preferred Skills

• C++ programming (bonus, not required).

Workplace

Hybrid in Vancouver 3 days/week - Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Benefits & Perks

• 3 weeks of vacation per year to start.
• 10 days per year of sick time.
• Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when welcoming a new child (12 weeks for maternity, 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave).
• Extended health/dental/vision coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Retirement plan for regular full-time employees.
• Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and other incentive programs.

About the Company

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment, connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games.