Principal Technical Artist - Remote/Hybrid AI Pipelines

Parallel Domain; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 106,499 - 128,534; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Full health/dental/vision coverage

Learning stipend

Generous vacation

Job summary

Parallel Domain in Seattle is seeking a Principal Technical Artist to enhance workflows for validating autonomous systems. This senior role requires 8+ years of experience and expertise in Unreal Engine 5. Responsibilities include owning technical content stacks, optimizing production performance, and developing tools. The position offers a competitive salary range of CAD $145,000–$175,000 plus equity and benefits. The role supports remote or hybrid work in the Pacific Northwest.

Qualifications

• 8+ years as a technical artist or in a closely adjacent role, with at least one shipped product.
• Expert-level proficiency in Unreal Engine 5 including materials and performance profiling.
• Fluency in programming across Python, C++, HLSL, VEX.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical content stack and ensure production-ready scenes.
• Deliver tooling in Unreal Engine that makes the content team faster.
• Optimize real-time performance by profiling across GPU and CPU.

Skills

Technical artistry

Unreal Engine 5 expertise

Programming (Python, C++, HLSL)

AI workflow tools

Communication skills

Generalist disposition

Tools

Houdini

Unreal Engine

Job description

Parallel Domain in Seattle is seeking a Principal Technical Artist to enhance workflows for validating autonomous systems. This senior role requires 8+ years of experience and expertise in Unreal Engine 5. Responsibilities include owning technical content stacks, optimizing production performance, and developing tools. The position offers a competitive salary range of CAD $145,000–$175,000 plus equity and benefits. The role supports remote or hybrid work in the Pacific Northwest.