Senior Technical Artist: Lead Tools & Real-Time Visuals

LightSpeed Studios; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 232,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation package

Restricted Stock Units

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Job summary

LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS is seeking a Technical Artist to bridge art and engineering, delivering state-of-the-art visuals and robust tooling for the art team. You will mentor juniors, prototype new techniques, and optimize real-time rendering pipelines within AAA projects.

You’ll collaborate with Art, Engineering, and Production to meet dependencies, improve workflows, and ensure asset quality across in-house and outsourced pipelines.

Qualifications

• Experience as Technical Artist on shipped AAA titles.
• Deep knowledge of Unreal Engine workflows, material creation and visuals.
• Strong math background and ability to work with real‑time rendering pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Spearhead and implement technical solutions for the art team, setting high standards and mentoring junior Technical Artists.
• Collaborate with different teams to facilitate the technical implementation and management of in-house and outsourced assets.
• Drive the development of state‑of‑the‑art visuals that complement and enhance the game design.
• Prototype and author graphics features requiring high technical expertise.
• Develop novel content creation techniques and workflows to enhance efficiency and quality.
• Work closely with the Art, Engineering, and Production departments to meet dependencies and requirements.
• Support the Art team in debugging tools and game-related issues.
• Optimize the game’s run-time performance and memory consumption.

Skills

Unreal Engine

BluePrints

PBR materials

Texturing & shading

3D modelling

Python scripting

Tools

Substance suite

Houdini

Shading languages (HLSL/GLSL)

Job description

LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS is seeking a Technical Artist to bridge art and engineering, delivering state-of-the-art visuals and robust tooling for the art team. You will mentor juniors, prototype new techniques, and optimize real-time rendering pipelines within AAA projects.

You’ll collaborate with Art, Engineering, and Production to meet dependencies, improve workflows, and ensure asset quality across in-house and outsourced pipelines.