Principal Lighting Artist | Lead Real-Time Lighting for AAA

Housemarque Inc.; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Housemarque in Helsinki, Finland, is seeking a Principal Lighting Artist to lead lighting direction and mentor the lighting team on a AAA project. You will balance artistic quality with performance, define workflows for real‑time lighting, review work, and collaborate with Art Director, Technical Art Director, Graphics and production to meet visual and technical goals.

With 7–10 years in AAA development and shipped titles, you bring leadership, Unreal Engine experience, and mastery of PBR

Qualifications

• Shipped at least one PC/Console title in a Senior or Principal Lighting role.
• 7–10 years of AAA game development experience.
• Strong expertise in real-time lighting and PBR workflows.
• Experience mentoring or guiding other artists.
• Familiarity with Perforce and Jira.
• Experience with Unreal Engine or a proprietary AAA engine.
• Based in Helsinki, Finland or willing to relocate

Responsibilities

• Plan and scope lighting needs for each project with Art and Tech Art leads.
• Define and maintain best practices and workflows for real-time lighting.
• Mentor lighting team members and elevate overall quality.
• Establish artistic and technical lighting targets.
• Balance leadership with hands-on lighting work.
• Review lighting work and provide feedback.
• Ensure lighting style and quality consistency across the project.
• Collaborate with Graphics, Programming and Production to meet goals.
• Participate in discussions with Graphics Programmers on lighting features.
• Assist task planning and prioritization with Production and QA.

Skills

Real-time lighting

Leadership

Mentoring

PBR workflows

Artistic lighting eye

Collaboration across disciplines

Perforce

Jira

English fluency

Tools

Unreal Engine

Ray tracing

Global illumination

Cinematography knowledge

Job description

Housemarque in Helsinki, Finland, is seeking a Principal Lighting Artist to lead lighting direction and mentor the lighting team on a AAA project. You will balance artistic quality with performance, define workflows for real‑time lighting, review work, and collaborate with Art Director, Technical Art Director, Graphics and production to meet visual and technical goals.

With 7–10 years in AAA development and shipped titles, you bring leadership, Unreal Engine experience, and mastery of PBR