Principal Technical Artist - Unreal Engine 5 Visual Lead

Steel City Interactive Limited; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days annual leave

Private Healthcare

Relocation benefits

Discretionary Bonus

Free parking

Hybrid working

Job summary

Steel City Interactive Limited is seeking a Principal Technical Artist to lead technical art across our game teams, focusing on Unreal Engine 5 rendering, materials and asset integration. You will shape pipelines, tools and standards while solving complex visual and performance challenges in collaboration with Art Directors and Engineers.

As a principal IC, you will drive technical direction, mentor teammates and help define scalable workflows that improve quality and efficiency across the

Qualifications

• Extensive professional experience in Technical Art at senior/principal level.
• Expert-level Unreal Engine 5 rendering, materials, shaders, asset integration, performance.
• Proven ability diagnosing and solving complex rendering and performance challenges.
• Real-time rendering, GPU/CPU profiling and performance optimization.
• Experience with Unreal Engine tools: Insights, Visualizer, RenderDoc.
• Experience mentoring and documenting technical practices.

Responsibilities

• Act as principal technical authority for Unreal Engine 5 challenges.
• Lead rendering, shader and material performance improvements.
• Design scalable technical art pipelines, tools and workflows.
• Collaborate with art directors, engineers and developers to align visuals with tech constraints.
• Develop architectures for asset validation and automation.

Skills

Technical leadership

Problem solving

Communication

Team collaboration

Mentoring

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Unreal Insights

GPU Visualizer

RenderDoc

Blueprint scripting

Python scripting

C++ exposure

Job description

Steel City Interactive Limited is seeking a Principal Technical Artist to lead technical art across our game teams, focusing on Unreal Engine 5 rendering, materials and asset integration. You will shape pipelines, tools and standards while solving complex visual and performance challenges in collaboration with Art Directors and Engineers.

As a principal IC, you will drive technical direction, mentor teammates and help define scalable workflows that improve quality and efficiency across the