Senior Technical Artist

Wushu Studios; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development company is seeking a Senior Technical Artist to work fully remotely in the UK on a 12-month fixed-term contract. In this role, you will be crucial in shaping the artistic vision of games, streamlining workflows, and ensuring content looks amazing. Responsibilities include collaborating with teams and implementing new techniques. Ideal candidates will have experience with proprietary engines, strong CG skills, and C++ knowledge. Join us for a creative and flexible work environment that values team collaboration and well-being.

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays (pro rata)

Christmas shutdown

Flexible working hours

x 4 Half-day Fridays (during the summer months)

A day off on your birthday

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Comprehensive Medical Insurance

Weekly Yoga Class

Anti-Crunch ethos

Referral Bonus Scheme

Bike2Work Scheme

Social Events/Project Launch Wrap Parties

Charity Events

Branded merchandise

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience working with proprietary engines preferred.
• Good knowledge of CG fundamentals.
• Ability to debug and optimize complex assets.
• Shader programming knowledge and HLSL/GLSL experience.
• Strong coding knowledge in C++.
• Procedural generation experience.
• Experience developing Blender plugins beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Team up with Art and Code Leads to bring artistic vision to life.
• Identify and solve problems proactively.
• Implement new techniques to improve art pipeline efficiency.
• Ensure content looks amazing across platforms.
• Bridge communication between art and programming teams.
• Create and test new tools.

Skills

Experience with proprietary engines

CG fundamentals (modelling, texturing, shading, lighting)

Debugging and optimizing complex assets

Shader programming (HLSL/GLSL)

C++ coding knowledge

Procedural generation

Experience developing Blender plugins

Tools

Maya

Max

Blender

Job description

Senior level. Fully remote in the UK available. 12-month fixed term contract.

As a Senior Technical Artist you will play a critical role in driving the look of our games, playing an important role in developing visual features and shaping the art production pipelines we use in development.

You will create tools and processes to help streamline our artists’ daily workflows and assist the wider team in delivering assets and features on time and within technical budgets.

Responsibilities

• Team up with the Art and Code Leads to bring the artistic vision to life, and make sure it meets all project requirements.
• As someone with experience, it's crucial to identify and solve problems before they impact the development team. Being proactive is a key part of this role.
• We're always looking for ways to improve, so you will help implement new techniques that can make our art pipeline more efficient.
• Ensure our content looks amazing across all platforms, via art optimisation.
• You will be the bridge between art and programming teams, so you will collaborate effectively with the team and keep things running smoothly.
• Create and test any new tools before they go live.
• Sharing knowledge of best practices within the team.
• Communication is key, so you'll make sure we're regularly keeping the art team in the loop on any technical constraints and the reasons behind them.

Requirements

• Hands‑on experience working with proprietary engines preferred.
• Good knowledge of CG fundamentals (modelling, texturing, shading, lighting etc) within Maya, Max, Blender or similar.
• Ability to debug and optimise complex assets and implement efficient rendering and VFX techniques.
• Shader programming knowledge and HLSL/GLSL experience.
• Strong coding knowledge in C++ to fix things that have a layer of modifications.
• Procedural generation experience.
• Experience developing Blender plugins and pipelines beneficial.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (pro rata)
• Christmas shutdown
• Flexible working hours
• x 4 Half-day Fridays (during the summer months)
• A day off on your birthday
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Comprehensive Medical Insurance
• Weekly Yoga Class
• Anti‑Crunch ethos
• Referral Bonus Scheme
• Bike2Work Scheme
• Social Events/Project Launch Wrap Parties
• Charity Events
• Branded merchandise