Lead Environment Artist: Real-Time, Optimized Worlds

Xsolla Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Xsolla is seeking a Lead Environmental Artist to craft high-quality, production-ready game environments that balance visual fidelity with real-time performance in major engines.

You will lead environment art pipelines, mentor artists, collaborate with engineers and designers, and optimize geometry, textures, lighting, and draw calls throughout production.

A strong portfolio and proven leadership are required, with experience in Unreal Engine and/or Unity.

Qualifications

• Senior or Lead level experience in environment art within game development.
• Excellent portfolio of production-ready environments.
• Strong grasp of real-time optimization and trade-offs between fidelity and performance.
• Proficiency with environment production pipelines, modular workflows, LODs, materials and shaders.
• Experience with Unreal Engine and/or Unity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the creation of high-quality environments from concept through final implementation.
• Establish and maintain the visual quality bar for environments while meeting technical requirements.
• Create optimized assets including modular kits, architecture, terrain, props, materials, and set dressing.
• Collaborate with Technical Artists, Level Designers, Lighting Artists, and Engineers to balance visuals and performance.
• Define and maintain environment art pipelines, workflows, and technical standards.
• Identify and resolve performance issues related to geometry, textures, lighting, draw calls, memory usage, LODs, and asset complexity.
• Review and provide feedback on the work of Environment Artists and mentor their development.
• Collaborate with Art Direction to translate vision into scalable environments.
• Participate in profiling and optimization throughout production.

Skills

Leadership & mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Maya

3ds Max

Job description

Xsolla is seeking a Lead Environmental Artist to craft high-quality, production-ready game environments that balance visual fidelity with real-time performance in major engines.

You will lead environment art pipelines, mentor artists, collaborate with engineers and designers, and optimize geometry, textures, lighting, and draw calls throughout production.

A strong portfolio and proven leadership are required, with experience in Unreal Engine and/or Unity.