Senior Tech Artist: Fortnite Visuals & Unreal Engine

Epic Games; United States; On-site; USD 152,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Epic Games is seeking a Senior Tech Artist to join our Fortnite Events team. You will shape look development, lighting, and complex game art, working with engineers and artists to push Unreal Engine capabilities and deliver high-fidelity visuals across multiple platforms.

The role requires a strong reel, expert material editing, and the ability to own features from inception to ship, collaborating with leads and external vendors as needed.

Qualifications

• Strong reel/portfolio showing executed game tech art.
• Deep knowledge of PBR principles and material editors.
• Ability to establish workflows and tools for artists.
• Experience using Substance Designer for texturing.
• High proficiency in setting up world environmental lighting.
• Desire and knowledge to push Unreal Engine further.
• Ability to own features and initiatives from inception to ship.
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline.
• Experience across multiple platforms.
• Scripting experience in Blueprint or other.

Responsibilities

• Create complex materials for landscapes and environments.
• Own world lighting, sets lighting, clouds, atmospherics, water lookdev.
• Execute on visual styles with high fidelity, stylized as needed.
• Collaborate with engineers and artists to optimize content for platforms.
• Own gameplay and engine features from TechArt perspective for Fortnite Events.

Skills

Tech art portfolio

PBR principles

Unreal Engine knowledge

Blueprint scripting

Multi-platform experience

Own features from inception to ship

Collaboration

Look development lighting

World lighting setup

Tools

Substance Designer

Job description

Epic Games is seeking a Senior Tech Artist to join our Fortnite Events team. You will shape look development, lighting, and complex game art, working with engineers and artists to push Unreal Engine capabilities and deliver high-fidelity visuals across multiple platforms.

The role requires a strong reel, expert material editing, and the ability to own features from inception to ship, collaborating with leads and external vendors as needed.