Technical Artist

Keywords Studios Plc; Malaysia; Hybrid; MYR 67,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Keywords Studios in APAC (Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam) seeks a Technical Artist to join a growing team on an exciting project. You will create tools, pipelines, and shaders to empower artists while ensuring real-time performance across platforms.

The role requires strong technical and collaborative skills, experience with major 3D packages and game engines, and a passion for high-quality visuals. This is a full-time, contract position with remote/hybrid options.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Technical Artist on a commercial game development project.
• Strong understanding of real-time art production, optimisation, pipeline development and technical problem-solving.
• Familiarity with source control workflows, ideally Perforce.
• Ability to work collaboratively across disciplines and iterate quickly based on feedback.

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

Real-time art production

Pipeline development

Technical problem-solving

Collaboration

Tools

MAXScript

MEL

C#

Python

HLSL

GLSL

Unreal Engine

Unity

Maya

3DS Max

Photoshop

Houdini

Substance Painter

Substance Designer

Perforce

Job description

Keywords Studios is currently looking to expand its team in Southeast Asia. We're currently looking foran accomplished, enthusiastic, and self-motivated Technical Artist to join our team working on an exciting, new, and unannounced project.

Keywords Studios is a global leader providing art services to AAA Publishers. Our work can be seen across many of the top-selling titles on console, PC and mobile. You'll get to work alongside seasoned developers bringing expertise from world-class AAA studios.

These opportunities can be located in Malaysia, Indonesia, or Vietnam (Remote). Sponsorship and relocation are not being offered as part of this package.

A Technical Artist at Keywords Studios:

• 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.

• 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.
• Proficiency in scripting and other languages such as MAXScript, MEL, C#, Python, HLSL, GLSL.
• Good artistic eye, with the ability to balance visual quality, technical constraints and performance requirements.
• Experience with VFX, materials, shaders, lighting models, tool development, optimisation and pipeline development.
• Experience working 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.
• Ability to work collaboratively across disciplines and iterate quickly based on feedback.

Our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Commitment: Keywords Studios is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. If you require any adjustments during the process, please let us know in your application. We are committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation. We especially welcome applications from candidates of underrepresented groups in the industry.

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Role Information: EN

Studio: Keywords Studios

Location: APAC, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam

Area of Work: Art

Service: Create

Employment Type: Contract

Working Pattern: Full Time, Remote/Hybrid