Tech Art Lead Montreal (Canada) Epic Games Technical Art Senior (5+ years) Unreal Engine Development

Gamecompanies; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading game company as a Lead Technical Artist, managing and guiding a talented team while collaborating on innovative gameplay features. This role requires expertise in Unreal Engine, shader creation, and optimization for various gaming platforms, contributing to immersive user experiences.

Benefits

100% coverage for employee and dependent benefits

Supplemental medical, dental, vision coverage

Robust mental well-being program

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Unreal Engine and real-time game engine technologies.
• Proficient in authoring materials and shaders using node-based graph editors.
• Experienced in optimizing content for multiple platforms.

Responsibilities

• Manage and mentor a team of technical artists.
• Collaborate with engineers and designers to execute complex gameplay features.
• Optimize art content for performance across all platforms.

Skills

Unreal Engine

Materials and shaders authoring

Blueprints

3D modeling

Texture creation

Procedural modeling

Optimization

Tools

3ds Max

Maya

Substance Designer

Substance Painter

Houdini

Job description

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

Epic is looking for an experienced Lead Technical Artist to join the Fortnite Battle Royal Team. Candidates in this role will manage and mentor a team of Technical Artists and communicate and collaborate with various other departments in establishing goals and tasks for new features. You will identify potential risks in plans and highlight them early with the team to problem solve. This person will work closely with Gameplay Engineers and Designers to create and implement new technical features from start to finish.

In this role, you will

Manage and mentor a team of technical artists, provide art direction and feedback on tasks

Optimize Art Content to ensure features are performant on all supported platforms(Console, handhelds, mobile)

Collaborate with Art Leads to Create Shader and blueprint solutions for complex assets and provide proto models and guidance on how to approach creation of these assets

Work with production to plan, scope and provide estimates for tasks and create tickets in Shotgrid

Collaborate with Gameplay Engineers and Designers in executing new complex, technical gameplay features from start to finish

Create Blueprint Solutions for Gameplay features that require dynamic shaders that telegraph gameplay states and are driven by gameplay mechanics

Iterate with the Design team in Creating Shader and Blueprint solutions for Dynamic Gameplay assets while maintaining gameplay clarity

What we're looking for

Strong experience with Unreal Engine or other real-time game engine technologies

Skilled in authoring materials and shaders using node-based graph editors or HLSL

Proficient in Blueprints and other programming or scripting languages

Proven leadership as a departmental lead, managing technical artists and collaborating closely with all art departments

Proficiency with 3D modeling tools such as 3ds Max, Maya, or similar software

Experienced in texture creation using tools like Substance Designer and Substance Painter

Hands-on experience with procedural modeling and simulation tools, such as Houdini

Expertise in optimizing art and gameplay content across multiple platforms (console, Switch, mobile)

Contributed to shipping cross-platform content on consoles, Switch, and mobile devices

Led the development of gameplay features, collaborating closely with design teams to drive creative direction

EPIC GAMES + 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.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 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!

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