Senior Technical Artist: AI-Driven Prototyping for Mobile

Zynga Inc; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Paid holidays

Wellbeing programs

Job summary

Zynga is seeking a Senior Technical Artist to join a specialized technical team focused on prototyping and creating new games using AI. You will implement the tools and solutions our projects need, while communicating with artists and programmers.

Your primary objective is to reinvent mobile game development pipelines by capitalizing on current AI tools and building efficient asset workflows across 2D/3D, UI, and animation.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience as a Technical Artist or equivalent role.
• Strong familiarity with current AI tools and workflows (LLMs, Claude, Cursor, AI-assisted coding tools).
• Experience in mobile game development across 2D/3D/Animation/UI.

Responsibilities

• Act as a one-man army across disciplines to rapidly build and test prototypes.
• Reinvent art workflows by evaluating and integrating AI tools to maximize production efficiency.
• Mediate between departments to ensure smooth asset integration for AI prototypes.
• Achieve and maintain efficient art pipelines across projects.
• Participate in the development of tools and solutions for artists.
• Teaching and documenting pipelines and best practices.

Skills

AI tools

Mobile game development

Python scripting

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

ComfyUI

Shader Graph

Job description

Zynga is seeking a Senior Technical Artist to join a specialized technical team focused on prototyping and creating new games using AI. You will implement the tools and solutions our projects need, while communicating with artists and programmers.

Your primary objective is to reinvent mobile game development pipelines by capitalizing on current AI tools and building efficient asset workflows across 2D/3D, UI, and animation.