Tech & VFX Artist - Co-Development Talent Pool

Sideinc; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Side is seeking a Technical Artist to bridge art and engineering for AAA-quality games across PC, console, mobile, and VR/AR. You'll optimize pipelines, build tools, and ensure assets meet performance and memory targets on multiple platforms.

You will collaborate with artists and engineers, debug shaders, implement real-time visuals and lighting, and document workflows to enable knowledge sharing within the team. English resumes only.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience as a Technical Artist in the video game industry.
• Contributed to at least one shipped title on PC, console, mobile, or VR/AR.
• Strong understanding of shaders, rendering pipelines, and asset optimization.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison between art and engineering teams to solve technical challenges.
• Develop, optimize, and maintain pipelines and tools for art assets.
• Collaborate to ensure assets meet performance and memory targets across platforms.
• Debug shaders and rendering issues and optimize assets.
• Implement real-time visuals, lighting, and materials for high-quality visuals.
• Provide technical support and training to artists on tools and workflows.
• Document tools and pipelines to aid onboarding and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Scripting (Python/MEL/MaxScript)

Shaders & rendering

Asset optimization

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Tools

Maya

Blender

Substance Painter

ZBrush

Unreal Engine

Unity

Houdini

Job description

Side is seeking a Technical Artist to bridge art and engineering for AAA-quality games across PC, console, mobile, and VR/AR. You'll optimize pipelines, build tools, and ensure assets meet performance and memory targets on multiple platforms.

You will collaborate with artists and engineers, debug shaders, implement real-time visuals and lighting, and document workflows to enable knowledge sharing within the team. English resumes only.