Senior Shader Tech Artist - Unreal Engine Mastery

31st Union; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 113,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Job summary

2K is seeking a Senior Shader Technical Artist in California to craft and optimize shader/master materials using UE5, HLSL and GLSL, ensuring clean integration for the materials team. You will push real-time rendering with high visual fidelity across disciplines and create reusable shader tooling and documentation.

The role requires 7+ years in Technical Art or a shipped title, strong cross-discipline collaboration, and experience with UE5, Substance Designer, Painter, and Photoshop.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Technical Art or at least one shipped title.
• Proficient with node-based shader editors, layered material systems, shader networks, procedural texturing, and HLSL code.
• Strong understanding of textures and shaders in a physically-based rendering pipeline.

Responsibilities

• Craft and optimize shader/master materials in Unreal Engine for multiple teams.
• Establish and uphold artistic and technical shader standards.
• Develop shader techniques and shading validation tools; define shading standards.

Skills

Shader development

Unreal Engine

HLSL/GLSL

PBR shaders

Cross-discipline collaboration

Tools

UE5

Substance Designer

Substance Painter

Photoshop

Job description

2K is seeking a Senior Shader Technical Artist in California to craft and optimize shader/master materials using UE5, HLSL and GLSL, ensuring clean integration for the materials team. You will push real-time rendering with high visual fidelity across disciplines and create reusable shader tooling and documentation.

The role requires 7+ years in Technical Art or a shipped title, strong cross-discipline collaboration, and experience with UE5, Substance Designer, Painter, and Photoshop.