Unreal Tech Artist: Real-Time Pipelines & Tools (Remote)

Bilinguallink; Courtenay; Remote; CAD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackbird Interactive is a Canada-based, remote-first game studio seeking a Technical Artist to join a Third Person Action Shooter project. You will bridge Art, Engineering and the Unreal Engine 5 toolchain to deliver visually compelling and performant content across multiple genres.

You will collaborate with designers, artists and programmers, build tools and pipelines, and help optimize assets and systems. Experience with Maya and Perforce is a plus.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of Unreal Engine experience as a TA.
• Strong understanding of real-time content development and art pipelines.
• Experience with production tools and workflows.
• Some programming or scripting (C++, C#, Python).
• Familiarity with asset management and version control.

Responsibilities

• Bridge between Art, Engineering and the game engine to improve cross-disciplinary communication.
• Support art-to-engine integration, including asset setup, debugging, and optimization.
• Design and maintain tools, scripts, and workflows to boost artist productivity.
• Collaborate on animation, modeling, texturing, shaders, FX, and other real-time content disciplines.
• Identify visual or performance issues and devise high-quality, constrained solutions.
• Develop and maintain art pipelines and production processes.
• Create clear documentation for tools, workflows, and pipelines.
• Own technical challenges with minimal supervision and propose improvements.

Skills

Unreal Engine

Real-time pipelines

Art-to-engine workflow

Scripting (C++, Python)

Asset management

Team collaboration

Shader/Material basics

Tools

Maya

Perforce (P4V)

Job description

Blackbird Interactive is a Canada-based, remote-first game studio seeking a Technical Artist to join a Third Person Action Shooter project. You will bridge Art, Engineering and the Unreal Engine 5 toolchain to deliver visually compelling and performant content across multiple genres.

You will collaborate with designers, artists and programmers, build tools and pipelines, and help optimize assets and systems. Experience with Maya and Perforce is a plus.