Remote Technical Artist: Unity, Shaders & Real-Time VFX

Vivid Games; Bydgoszcz; Hybrid; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote, hybrid or on-site work

Flexible working hours

Private healthcare

Remote-work support

Sports benefits

Job summary

Vivid Games is hiring a Technical Artist to bridge art and technology in our Unity-powered projects. You will build shaders, tools, and pipelines to enable artists to push creative ideas into real-time experiences.

You will collaborate with Art, UI/UX, and Development teams to ship high-quality visuals while balancing performance on mobile. Remote, hybrid or on-site work and a strong emphasis on ownership and growth define the role.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Unity including import settings, prefabs, materials, rendering, asset pipelines.
• Experience in 3D production: modeling, UVs, baking, texturing, LODs, rigging.
• Shader creation/optimization with Shader Graph/HLSL for 3D assets and UI/VFX.
• 2D UI technical art: atlases, sprites, masking, 9-slice, animated UI, and draw call optimization.
• Mobile optimization: profiling, overdraw, batching, memory management across devices.
• Hands-on VFX/Particles work with shader-based effects optimized for mobile.
• URP lighting/rendering: baked/mixed lighting, lightmaps, probes, post-processing.
• Editor automation and tooling in C#; asset validation.
• Profiling/debugging using Frame Debugger/Unity Profiler/RenderDoc to diagnose issues.
• Art/UX/Development collaboration; defining standards and budgets.
• Cinemachine knowledge: virtual cameras, blending, dolly/splines, complex sequences.
• DOTween usage for UI/camera animation and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Create shaders, effects, tools, and systems to bring the sport energy to life.
• Collaborate with Art Director, Artists, Designers, and Engineers to ship polished visuals.
• Own art standards and performance budgets for the Art Team.
• Optimize for mobile: CPU/GPU, batching, textures, meshes, and VFX within budgets.
• Work with URP camera systems and lighting to balance visuals and performance.
• Develop editor tools and automation in C# to streamline workflows.
• Contribute to the pipeline and content creation processes with practical tooling.

Skills

Unity / Art Pipeline

3D Production

Shaders & Materials

2D / UI Technical Art

Mobile Optimization

VFX / Particles

Lighting & Rendering

Tools & Automation

Profiling & Debugging

Technical Art Ownership

Cinemachine

DOTween

Tools

C# (C-Sharp)

Unity Profiler

RenderDoc

Job description

Vivid Games is hiring a Technical Artist to bridge art and technology in our Unity-powered projects. You will build shaders, tools, and pipelines to enable artists to push creative ideas into real-time experiences.

You will collaborate with Art, UI/UX, and Development teams to ship high-quality visuals while balancing performance on mobile. Remote, hybrid or on-site work and a strong emphasis on ownership and growth define the role.