Lead Technical Artist - Real-Time Rendering (Remote)

Jobgether; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Creative ownership

Leadership opportunities

Remote-friendly environment

Competitive compensation

Flexible contract options

Professional development

Annual team retreats

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a Lead Technical Artist (Real-Time Games) for remote work from the Netherlands. You will bridge art and engineering, lead technical initiatives, and establish standards to deliver high-quality visuals at scale.

Role emphasizes mentorship, tool development, and optimization across rendering, shaders, and asset pipelines. You will collaborate with international teams to turn ambitious concepts into production-ready solutions.

Qualifications

• At least seven years of professional experience in technical art or a closely related game development discipline.
• Proven experience as a Lead Technical Artist, a Senior Technical Artist with leadership responsibilities, or in an equivalent role.
• Experience contributing to commercially released games.
• Strong knowledge of real-time rendering, shaders, materials, lighting, and graphics optimization.
• Professional experience with Unity3D, Unreal Engine, or comparable real-time engines.
• Strong scripting or programming skills in Python, C#, HLSL, or equivalent technologies.
• Experience developing technical art tools, automation systems, and scalable production workflows.
• A thorough understanding of real-time asset pipelines and platform-specific performance constraints.
• Strong debugging, profiling, and technical problem-solving skills.
• Experience mentoring technical artists and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
• The ability to translate creative requirements into robust, maintainable technical solutions.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor technical artists across rendering, shaders, tools, optimization, and production workflows.
• Collaborate with Art Directors, Technical Directors, artists, engineers, and production teams to translate creative ambitions into practical technical requirements and maintainable solutions.
• Rendering and Shader Development: Develop and improve real-time materials, shaders, and rendering workflows; diagnose issues and performance bottlenecks.
• Performance Optimization: Optimize geometry, materials, textures, lighting, visual effects, and asset pipelines for multiple platforms.
• Tools and Automation: Design and develop artist-friendly tools, automation systems, validators, and procedural workflows.
• Pipeline Development: Improve asset creation, import, setup, and in-engine implementation processes; integrate tech art into production systems.
• Prototyping and Implementation: Explore new technical approaches and take prototypes to stable production.
• Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: Maintain clear technical documentation and share knowledge across teams.
• Cross-Disciplinary Coordination: Bridge art, engineering, and production across distributed teams and partners.
• Technical Planning: Support estimation, prioritization, and planning for technical art initiatives.

Skills

Lead Technical Artist

Team mentorship

English fluency

Cross-functional collaboration

Rendering optimization

Tools

Unity3D

Unreal Engine

Python

C#

HLSL

Job description

Jobgether is seeking a Lead Technical Artist (Real-Time Games) for remote work from the Netherlands. You will bridge art and engineering, lead technical initiatives, and establish standards to deliver high-quality visuals at scale.

Role emphasizes mentorship, tool development, and optimization across rendering, shaders, and asset pipelines. You will collaborate with international teams to turn ambitious concepts into production-ready solutions.