Remote Unity Tech Artist & 2D Shader Engineer

BlackCube Labs; United States; Remote; USD 69,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

Pine Creek Games is seeking a Tech Artist or Art Programmer to join a small team of about 9 people. You will help with shader implementation and performance, as well as particles, lighting, colour grading, shadows and post-processing.

You will build and maintain art pipelines and tools, develop and debug shaders, create particles and VFX, set up rigs, and enforce technical art standards. This is a fully remote, freelance/consultant role for 4–5 months.

Qualifications

• Experience with Unity development
• Proficient in C# and HLSL
• Knowledge of Shader Graph and real-time shading pipelines
• Experience with ToonBoom or similar 2D animation tools

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain art pipelines and tools to move assets from DCC apps into Unity
• Develop and debug shaders and materials in collaboration with artists/engineers
• Create particle effects and other visual effects
• Set up and troubleshoot character rigs, skinning, and animation pipelines
• Establish and enforce technical art standards, naming conventions, LODs, budgets
• Profile and optimize art assets for performance (draw calls, memory, shader complexity)
• Collaborate with engineers on engine features and with artists on workflows
• Document pipelines and tools

Skills

C#

HLSL

Shader Graph

ToonBoom

Tools

Unity

ToonBoom

Job description

Pine Creek Games is seeking a Tech Artist or Art Programmer to join a small team of about 9 people. You will help with shader implementation and performance, as well as particles, lighting, colour grading, shadows and post-processing.

You will build and maintain art pipelines and tools, develop and debug shaders, create particles and VFX, set up rigs, and enforce technical art standards. This is a fully remote, freelance/consultant role for 4–5 months.