Senior Technical Artist, World and Content Creation

Epic Games; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 146,000 - 214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits for employee & dependets

Retirement savings plan with employer

Mental well-being program through  Mod

Job summary

Epic Games in Vancouver, BC is seeking a Senior Technical Artist to join the Unreal Engine team. You will shape world-building and content-creation tools, working hands-on from development to tooling that empowers artists and developers across platforms.

You will collaborate with programmers, designers, and production teams, applying strong technical and artistic skills to build best-in-class workflows and features while advancing the engine's capabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in world-building or content creation on a senior technical art level.
• Strong 3D modeling, geometry scripting, and procedural content generation skills.
• Proficiency with Unreal Engine PCG framework; familiarity with Houdini, Maya, 3ds Max, or Blender.
• Ability to translate user needs into workflows and product goals.
• Experience driving initiatives from development to productization; excellent communication.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design and iterative development of world-building and content-creation tools in Unreal Engine.
• Collaborate with Programming and UX to design workflows and solutions.
• Create prototypes, demos, and examples; provide ongoing feedback to keep tools best-in-class.
• Drive product initiatives with minimal direction and manage roadmaps.
• Engage Epic production teams and external users to understand requirements.
• Shape tooling to deliver value to creators across platforms.

Skills

World-building

Content creation

3D modeling

Procedural content generation

Scripting

Unreal Engine

Unity

Houdini

Maya

Blender

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Houdini

Maya

3ds Max

Blender

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

Join the industry-leading Unreal Engine team as a Senior Technical Artist and help shape the future of the world and content creation. You'll work hands-on across the full development cycle from procedural content generation to world partition streaming, modeling, and terrain tools to define what best-in-class tools look like for creators across all platforms.

In this role, you will

• Contribute to the design and iterative development of world building and content creation tools in Unreal Engine
• Partner with Programming and UX teams to design workflows and build applicable solutions
• Ensure tools are best-in-class by creating prototypes, demos, and examples, and providing ongoing feedback
• Drive product initiatives with minimal direction
• Engage with internal Epic Games production teams and external users to understand their needs and requirements
• Apply subject matter expertise to influence product deliverables and manage the product roadmap
• Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to articulate the problems you're solving and the value delivered to users

What we're looking for

• Experience in world-building and/or content creation (as a Senior Technical Artist or equivalent), working alongside strong programming teams
• Subject matter expertise in environment and asset production, 3D modeling, geometry scripting, and procedural content generation
• Experience with Unreal's Procedural Content Generation (PCG) Framework, Houdini, Maya, 3ds Max, or Blender
• Ability to represent user needs and think across near-term (tactics) and long-term (strategy) product goals
• Experience driving product initiatives and seeing features through from development to productization
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to manage complex tasks, adapt to shifting scope, and work across cross-functional teams
• Scripting experience or strong technical fundamentals
• Artistic skills or a strong eye for evaluating artistic work
• Experience with Unreal Engine, Unity, or a proprietary game engine is a plus

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.

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

British Columbia Base Pay Range$145,844—$213,905 CAD

ABOUT US

Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 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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