Tech Art Lead (World Creation)

Epic Games; Burnaby; On-site; CAD 160,000 - 236,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team at an innovative company where creativity meets technology! As a Tech Art Lead, you will bridge the gap between art and technology, developing high-quality materials and optimizing content for Fortnite across multiple platforms. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with talented artists and programmers, ensuring stunning visuals and smooth performance. You'll have a chance to showcase your expertise in Unreal Engine 5 while managing a team of technical artists. If you're passionate about pushing artistic boundaries and contributing to groundbreaking projects, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

100% coverage for employee benefits

Dental and vision insurance

Mental well-being program

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents

Qualifications

• Expertise in Unreal Engine 5 and PBR principles is crucial.
• Experience managing a team of technical artists is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create complex materials and optimize content for various platforms.
• Collaborate with team members to deliver high-quality visuals.

Skills

Blueprint

PBR principles

RVT methods

Lighting systems

Landscape population

Portfolio showcasing landscapes

Team management

Unreal Engine 5

Cross-platform development

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.

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 Games is seeking a Tech Art Lead to join our Fortnite team. In this role, you’ll bridge the gap between art and technology, developing high-quality materials and optimizing content across multiple platforms. You’ll work closely with artists, programmers, and designers to push visual fidelity while ensuring smooth performance, using your expertise in materials, environments, and Unreal Engine to bring Fortnite’s landscape and biomes to life.

In this role, you will

1. Create complex materials for environments and other gameplay items (weapons, vehicles)
2. Diagnose performance and tooling/automation opportunities across various disciplines and deploy Tech Artists to implement them
3. Collaborate with gameplay developers, artists, and other team members to deliver stellar visuals for each map
4. Work with level designers and artists to optimize content across PC, console, and mobile platforms
5. Work with a team and own features from concept to ship

What we're looking for

1. Scripting experience: Blueprint or other visual programming language
2. Expert level understanding of PBR principles and material editors
3. Experience with RVT and related methods to sample it across the game
4. Experience authoring lighting systems using Day Sequencer, Sky Atmosphere, and volumetric clouds
5. Ability to populate landscapes with foliage dynamically with PCG or equivalent in editor tech
6. A strong portfolio showcasing executed landscape biomes, foliage, and atmospherics—gameplay assets are a plus
7. Experience managing/supervising a team of technical artists
8. Deep expertise in Unreal Engine 5
9. Ability to work closely with lighting and art directors to drive visuals throughout the game
10. Experience shipping the same project simultaneously on PC, console, and mobile platforms

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).

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.

British Columbia Base Pay Range $160,429 — $235,296 CAD

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!

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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