Senior Technical Artist

Skillsearch; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive game development studio is looking for an experienced Technical Artist to design and implement procedural content generation workflows using Unreal Engine 5. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience, a shipped title in a high-fidelity environment, and expertise in tools like Houdini. This role involves collaboration across teams to optimize asset pipelines and develop modular systems for open-world environments. Emma offers a hybrid work environment based in Guildford or London.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Artist, Tools Developer, or World Building TA.
• At least one shipped title in a large-scale, open-world, or high-fidelity environment.
• Expertise in Unreal Engine 5 tools such as PCG Graphs, World Partition, and Blueprint scripting.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement procedural content generation (PCG) workflows within Unreal Engine 5.
• Collaborate with rendering engineers to ensure PCG systems meet performance and visual targets.
• Prototype data-driven systems for biome generation, asset scattering, and environmental variation.

Skills

Technical artistry

Procedural generation

Unreal Engine 5

Blueprint scripting

Collaboration skills

Tools

Houdini

World Machine

Gaea

Job description

Are you an experienced Technical Artist with a passion for building breath-taking, large-scale worlds using Unreal Engine 5?

This is an exciting opportunity to join an innovative studio shaping the future of open-world multiplayer games through cutting-edge procedural generation and technical artistry.

What you'll be doing

• Design and implement procedural content generation (PCG) workflows within Unreal Engine 5.
• Develop tools, blueprints, and editor extensions to support large-scale world-building.
• Collaborate with rendering engineers to ensure PCG systems meet performance and visual targets.
• Build and maintain modular systems for terrain, foliage, and world composition using World Partition, PCG Graphs, and data layers.
• Integrate and extend external tools such as Houdini, World Machine, or Gaea for enhanced procedural workflows.
• Establish and document best practices for procedural materials, instancing, and HLOD systems.
• Prototype data-driven systems for biome generation, asset scattering, and environmental variation.
• Optimise asset pipelines and open-world processes for performance and memory efficiency.
• Work with art and lighting teams to preserve creative intent while automating world generation.
• Support content streaming, LOD, and material workflows for large-scale environments.

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Artist, Tools Developer, or World Building TA.
• At least one shipped title in a large-scale, open-world, or high-fidelity environment.
• Expertise in Unreal Engine 5 tools such as PCG Graphs, World Partition, and Blueprint scripting.
• Strong understanding of procedural generation principles using Unreal, Houdini, or equivalent tools.
• Experience creating or extending editor tools in C++ or Python.
• Solid knowledge of materials, shaders, and instancing for efficient rendering.
• Proven ability to balance performance with visual quality.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across teams.

Bonus skills

• Experience with runtime procedural generation and streaming systems.
• Familiarity with Houdini Digital Assets (HDAs) and PDG pipelines.
• Understanding of rendering systems such as Nanite, Lumen, and Virtual Texturing.
• Background in terrain authoring, biome design, or environment art.
• Experience with UGC platforms like Roblox or UEFN.
• Scripting experience with Python, C#, or C++ for Unreal tool development.
• Based in or willing to relocate to Guildford or London (hybrid or on-site preferred).

If you are a Technical Artist with a love for procedural systems, world-building, and technical excellence, this is your chance to help build the future of open-world games from the ground up.Apply now, or email Joe McKernan - [e-mail]