Senior Real-Time Environment Artist (Unreal, Remote)

Stone Kite; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Vision benefits

Dental benefits

Generous PTO

Winter break

401k options

Monthly meals stipend

Learning & development

Early-stage, innovative team

Job summary

Stone Kite, a world building studio, seeks a Staff Environment Artist to lead environment art on our flagship project. You will report to the Art Director and own pipelines from blockout to final, with a strong emphasis on Unreal Engine workflows and visual storytelling.

You\'ll collaborate across teams in a remote, startup-friendly environment, setting technical standards for environments while expanding a small team as it grows.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional realtime environment art experience in first- or third-person AA-AAA games.
• Multiple shipped titles as an environment artist.
• Strong understanding of full environment production pipelines.
• Deep familiarity with Unreal Engine workflows and material/shader workflows.
• Experience with modular environment construction.
• Strong lighting, color, and spatial storytelling.
• Experience optimizing scenes for performance and memory.
• Strong portfolio with shipped or production-quality realtime environments.
• Ability to adapt and self-direct in a small startup team.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality realtime environments in Unreal Engine.
• Build modular environment palette, shaders, and textures.
• Own scene assembly, composition, lighting, and environmental storytelling.
• Collaborate with art direction to establish the game's visual identity.
• Develop scalable workflows for a small team growing over time.
• Optimize environments for performance while maintaining fidelity.
• Define technical standards for environment production inside Unreal.
• Collaborate with level design to support gameplay.
• Participate in rendering pipeline discussions and decision-making.
• Build and own asset pipelines for the team.

Skills

Realtime env art

Unreal Engine

Modular env construction

Lighting & composition

Collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

Houdini

Job description

Stone Kite, a world building studio, seeks a Staff Environment Artist to lead environment art on our flagship project. You will report to the Art Director and own pipelines from blockout to final, with a strong emphasis on Unreal Engine workflows and visual storytelling.

You\'ll collaborate across teams in a remote, startup-friendly environment, setting technical standards for environments while expanding a small team as it grows.