Hybrid Technical Artist - Pipelines, Tools & Real-Time Art

Keywords Studios Plc; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

Pension scheme

Flexible hours

Private medical insurance

Anti-crunch culture

Social events

Breakout areas

Job summary

d3t is seeking a highly skilled Technical Artist for a 12-month fixed-term contract, based in our UK studios (Daresbury or Newcastle) with a hybrid working pattern. You will help shape art pipelines, toolsets, and materials/shaders while ensuring performance targets are met.

You will collaborate with a cross-disciplinary team across environment, character, VFX and animation, mentoring others and driving efficiency with best practices and documentation.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Maya and/or 3DS Max with Python scripting.
• Experience in real-time game art pipelines and optimization.
• Ability to diagnose performance issues and optimize assets.
• Good communication and organization within a multidisciplinary team.
• Understanding of current console hardware limitations.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain project art pipelines from inception to lifecycle.
• Resolve technical issues and support art/animation team.
• Create and integrate in-house toolsets; develop materials/shaders.
• Ensure artwork meets memory and frame rate targets via profiling.
• Mentor other team members and share knowledge.

Skills

Maya

3DS Max

Python

Performance profiling

Shaders & materials

Game art pipelines

Tools

Maya

3DS Max

Python

Unreal Engine

Unity

Houdini

Photoshop

Substance

Job description

d3t is seeking a highly skilled Technical Artist for a 12-month fixed-term contract, based in our UK studios (Daresbury or Newcastle) with a hybrid working pattern. You will help shape art pipelines, toolsets, and materials/shaders while ensuring performance targets are met.

You will collaborate with a cross-disciplinary team across environment, character, VFX and animation, mentoring others and driving efficiency with best practices and documentation.