Senior UI Tech Artist

Gearbox Software, LLC; Montreal; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Gearbox Entertainment Company is seeking a Senior Technical UI Artist to define and deliver the UI systems powering our next generation titles. You will own implementation of key UI materials and work closely with designers, artists, producers and programmers to push the engine's UI capabilities.

You’ll optimize memory and performance, create efficient shaders, and prototype art pipelines. The role requires deep Unreal Engine 5 expertise, strong collaboration, and a self-directed, autonomous

Qualifications

• 6+ years of industry experience.
• Expert knowledge of Unreal Engine 5, specifically the material editor and UMG.
• Self-directed and autonomous when required.
• Ability to collaborate with teams from various disciplines.
• Memory and performance focused for ship-ready content/systems.

Responsibilities

• Work with UI artists to establish best practices and workflows.
• Collaborate with UI programmers to develop new engine features.
• Analyze memory and performance throughout development.
• Create efficient shaders for use in game UI.
• Identify technical challenges for UI art and UX concepts.
• Prototype art pipelines to realize ideas across the team.

Skills

Memory optimization

Team collaboration

Autonomy

Creative/technical balance

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

UMG

HLSL/GLSL

Job description

Who We Are

The Gearbox Entertainment Company is home to a world-class team that entertains the world with award-winning and genre-defining video games. Our games are entrenched with rich universes that are expanded upon via transmedia storytelling, live experiences, and consumer products. Gearbox Entertainment has become widely known for developing successful game franchises such as Borderlands, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, and Brothers in Arms, as well for continued development of acquired properties including Duke Nukem, Risk of Rain, and Homeworld.

The company was founded as Gearbox Software in 1999 by a team of industry veterans and is headquartered in Frisco, Texas. The Gearbox Entertainment Company is proud to be part of 2K, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

For more information, visit www.GearboxSoftware.com.

What We Are Looking For

We’re looking for a Senior Technical UI Artist to join our team. You’ll set the standard for building the fundamental UI systems that will take us into that future. You’ll own and drive the implementation of key UI materials, working closely with designers, artists, producers, programmers and more.

Responsibilities

• Work with UI artists and team to create best practices and optimal workflows.
• Communicate and work closely with UI programmers to develop new engine features.
• Analyze memory and performance throughout a project's development.
• Create efficient and user friendly shaders for use in game.
• Analyze and communicate the technical challenges for UI art and UX design concepts.
• Research and develop prototypes for art pipelines and help bring your coworkers’ ideas to life.

Qualifications

• 6+ Years of industry experience.
• Expert knowledge of Unreal Engine 5, specifically the material editor and UMG.
• Able to collaborate and work well with teams from various disciplines.
• Take ownership of shippable quality content/systems that are memory efficient and performant.
• Ability to think out-of-the-box to overcome technical challenges.
• Ability to self-direct, and be autonomous when it is required.

Nice-to-Haves

• Working knowledge of HLSL or GLSL.
• Working knowledge of Python scripting or another programming language.
• Good knowledge of a 3D modeling application and an image editor.
• Experience with current generation platforms (Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5).
• Experience with other popular or proprietary engines (Unity, etc).
• Strong balance of creative/visual aesthetics and technical skills

Our Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Gearbox Entertainment is committed to ensuring that all team members work in an environment free from discrimination and harassment, and one that reflects the diversity of the world it strives to entertain. As an equal opportunity employer, Gearbox Entertainment does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Gearbox Entertainment is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals to participate in the job application process, to perform the essential functions of a job, and to enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment equal to those enjoyed by individuals without disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point during the job application process, please contact us for more information.

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