Principal Technical Artist – UE5 Rendering & Pipelines

Workingames; Sheffield, Royal Leamington Spa; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days annual leave

Christmas shutdown

Flexible hours and hybrid model

Private Healthcare incl. Optical &

Dental

Free parking at Sheffield site

Sick pay

Wellbeing days

24/7 doctors access

Employee Assistance Programme

Learning days

Tech salary sacrifice scheme

Relocation benefits

Life cover (x3 salary)

Discretionary bonus

Team events

Job summary

Steel City Interactive is seeking a Principal Technical Artist to provide hands-on technical leadership across our game teams, focusing on Unreal Engine 5 rendering, materials, and asset integration. You will work closely with Art Directors and Engineers to deliver high-fidelity visuals within performance budgets.

The role emphasizes independent problem-solving, scalable pipelines, and setting technical standards that improve quality and efficiency across the studio.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Technical Art within games, at senior/principal level.
• Deep knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 rendering, materials, shaders, and asset integration.
• Proven ability to diagnose and fix rendering and performance issues in production.
• Strong scripting in Blueprint and Python; C++ understanding.

Responsibilities

• Act as principal technical authority for UE5 rendering and art workflows.
• Lead diagnosis and resolution of rendering, shader, and performance issues.
• Develop scalable technical art pipelines, tools and automation.
• Collaborate with Art Directors, Technical Directors and Engineers to deliver robust solutions.

Skills

Unreal Engine 5

Rendering optimisation

Blueprint scripting

Python scripting

C++ basics

Shader authoring

Asset integration

Profiling with UE tools

Tools

Unreal Insights

RenderDoc

GPU profiling

Automation pipelines

Job description

Steel City Interactive is seeking a Principal Technical Artist to provide hands-on technical leadership across our game teams, focusing on Unreal Engine 5 rendering, materials, and asset integration. You will work closely with Art Directors and Engineers to deliver high-fidelity visuals within performance budgets.

The role emphasizes independent problem-solving, scalable pipelines, and setting technical standards that improve quality and efficiency across the studio.