Technical Artist - Real-Time Visuals, Tools & Pipelines

Keywords Studios Plc; Indonesia; On-site; MYR 111,600 - 223,200; Full time

Job summary

Keywords Studios is seeking a Technical Artist to join our team on an exciting, new and unannounced project. You will create and maintain tools and pipelines, collaborating with artists, designers and engineers to resolve technical challenges and optimise real-time visuals.

You will prototype procedural VFX, optimize materials and shaders, and ensure assets are production-ready across complex pipelines. The role emphasizes collaboration, rapid iteration and high-quality visual content.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Technical Artist or similar role on a commercial game development project.
• Strong understanding of real-time art production, optimisation, pipeline development and technical problem-solving.
• Experience with modern game engines such as Unreal Engine, Unity or proprietary engines.
• Experience with art production tools such as Photoshop, Houdini, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, Maya or 3DS Max.
• Familiarity with source control workflows, ideally Perforce.

Responsibilities

• Creates and maintains tools, scripts and pipelines that help the art team produce high-quality visual content efficiently.
• Works closely with artists, designers, engineers and other technical experts to identify technical issues, improve workflows and support production needs.
• Helps the art team communicate technical requirements and constraints to the development team.
• Solves technical challenges creatively to maximise visual quality while staying within real-time performance and hardware limitations.
• Supports the creation, optimisation and implementation of complex visual content, including materials, shaders, procedural assets and VFX.
• Prototypes, develops, profiles and implements procedural VFX, including particles, post-processing effects, shaders and related visual systems.
• Contributes to pipeline development, optimisation and best practices across content creation, integration and performance.
• Drives the creation of complex procedural and physically based content, helping ensure assets are efficient, scalable and production-ready.

Skills

MAXScript

MEL

C#

Python

HLSL

GLSL

Real-time rendering

Pipeline

Collaboration

Tools

Photoshop

Houdini

Substance Painter

Substance Designer

Maya

3DS Max

Perforce

Job description

Keywords Studios is seeking a Technical Artist to join our team on an exciting, new and unannounced project. You will create and maintain tools and pipelines, collaborating with artists, designers and engineers to resolve technical challenges and optimise real-time visuals.

You will prototype procedural VFX, optimize materials and shaders, and ensure assets are production-ready across complex pipelines. The role emphasizes collaboration, rapid iteration and high-quality visual content.