Technical Artist (AAA)

Ascendion; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development company is seeking a motivated Technical Artist to optimize game performance and visual quality. The ideal candidate will have strong problem-solving skills, experience with Unreal Engine 4, and scripting abilities in Python, C#, and C++. This role involves collaborating closely with art teams and troubleshooting various technical issues.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of video game production processes.
• Problem-solving skills, including testing and debugging technical issues.
• Experience with Unreal Engine 4 or equivalent.
• Expertise in shader creation and optimization.
• Scripting and programming skills in Python, C#, and C++.

Responsibilities

• Proactively collaborate with other disciplines to identify workflow pain points.
• Optimize runtime performance while maintaining visual quality.
• Use tools to identify content performance concerns and communicate effectively.
• Assist in troubleshooting performance issues in environments.
• Support in identifying and troubleshooting animation-related issues.
• Educate team members and create technical documentation.
• Fix bugs reported in the game promptly.

Skills

Problem-solving skills

Experience with Unreal Engine 4

Scripting in Python

Scripting in C#

Scripting in C++

Knowledge of video game production processes

Job description

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TECHNICAL ARTIST

This team is seeking an experienced and motivated Technical Artist, with a proven track record in collaborating with peers to develop and maintain high-quality tools, pipelines, systems, and runtime performance. In this position, you will work with the Technical Art team to ensure real-time gameplay maintains high visual quality while remaining performant and functional. Good communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively are essential.

Responsibilities :

• Proactively collaborate with other disciplines to identify workflow pain points and help determine solutions.
• Optimize run-time performance by working with art teams to reduce content complexity, lighting costs, draw calls, etc., while maintaining visual quality.
• Use tools like pix to identify content performance concerns and communicate over-budget assets to respective teams.
• Assist Level Art team in identifying and troubleshooting performance issues in environments.
• Support Technical Animation team in identifying and troubleshooting animation-related issues.
• Help Character Art team identify and troubleshoot character-specific problems (morph targets, materials/shaders, etc.).
• Educate team members, create technical documentation, and communicate with external vendors.
• Fix bugs reported in the game promptly.

Qualifications :

• Strong knowledge of video game production processes.
• Problem-solving skills, including testing and debugging technical issues.
• Experience with Unreal Engine 4 or equivalent.
• Expertise in shader creation and optimization.
• Scripting and programming skills in Python, C#, and C++.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Art / Creative

Industries: Computer Games