Remote Senior Technical Artist & Houdini Specialist

Placements24; Willows (CA); Remote; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first company

Occasional team meetups

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Technical Artist with strong Houdini expertise to drive procedural asset creation and pipeline tooling for a Welkom-based game studio. You will build and maintain tools, shaders, and assets while collaborating with art, design, and engineering teams to ensure real-time performance and visual fidelity.

The role is remote-first with occasional team meetups; you will mentor junior artists and help shape our art standards and workflows while advancing technical

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years as technical artist with Houdini focus.
• Proficient in Python scripting and HDAs.
• Experience with Unreal or Unity and real-time pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving and team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain procedural assets and systems using Houdini for environments, characters, and effects.
• Create and optimize tools, scripts, and plugins to enhance the art pipeline (Maya, Unreal Engine, Unity).
• Collaborate with art, design, and engineering teams to understand needs and develop solutions.
• Optimize assets and shaders for real-time performance and visual fidelity.
• Troubleshoot technical issues within the art pipeline and support artists.
• Research and implement new technologies to improve workflows.
• Mentor junior technical artists and share knowledge across the team.
• Document tools, workflows, and technical processes.
• Contribute to defining and refining art standards and best practices.
• Test and validate new tools and pipeline changes before wider deployment.

Skills

Houdini

VEX

HDAs

Python scripting

Unreal Engine

Unity

Shaders

C++

Art pipeline

Team mentoring

Tools

Maya

Unreal Engine

Unity

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Technical Artist with strong Houdini expertise to drive procedural asset creation and pipeline tooling for a Welkom-based game studio. You will build and maintain tools, shaders, and assets while collaborating with art, design, and engineering teams to ensure real-time performance and visual fidelity.

The role is remote-first with occasional team meetups; you will mentor junior artists and help shape our art standards and workflows while advancing technical