Technical Artist

Meta; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 153,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Technical Artist to bridge the gap between artistic and engineering teams. This role involves optimizing processes and workflows for real-time environments. The ideal candidate has over six years of experience in real-time experience development, expertise in C++, and a strong understanding of AI/ML concepts. The position offers a competitive salary range of $153,000 to $212,000 annually, plus bonuses and benefits.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience developing real-time experiences across different products.
• Experience in at least one low-level programming language (C++).
• Understanding of architecture for complex tools and pipelines with a focus on content creators.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop systems to validate and implement new capabilities.
• Optimize content through enhancing performance and best practices guiding artists.
• Document workflows and ensure consistency across teams.

Skills

Real-time experience development

Low-level programming (C++)

Game profiling and optimization

Communicating technical topics

Understanding AI and ML concepts

Tools

Python

Rendering technologies

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a dedicated Technical Artist to serve as a crucial link between our artistic and engineering teams. This role involves collaborating closely with a multifaceted, interconnected team dedicated to crafting engaging, first-party infrastructure, systems, and tools for our platform aimed at shaping the metaverse.

Responsibilities

1. Design and develop systems, processes, tooling to validate, prototype, and implement new capabilities in partnership with cross functional teams

2. Implement runtime logic, tooling within a complex real-time environment with performance limitations in mind

3. Optimize content through enhancing performance and instructing the artists and designers on asset creation, modeling and texturing best practices

4. Analyze project timelines and resource allocation, proposing adjustments to optimize production schedules through technology and process enhancements

5. Document workflows, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency and scalability across teams

6. Communicate and advocate for the technical system’s role in building a platform that serves billions of users

7. Consistently give and take constructive feedback, direct next steps, and communicate clear goals and outcomes to your team

Minimum Qualifications

1. 6+ years of experience developing real-time experiences across different products

2. Experience in at least one low-level programming language (i.e. C++)

3. Understanding of architecture for complex tools and pipelines with a focus on content creators

4. Expertise with game/real-time profiling and optimization techniques

5. Demonstrated experience in communicating technical topics to non technical partners

6. Understanding of AI and ML concepts at a core level. (data collection, model training, deployment, runtime performance)

Preferred Qualifications

1. Proven experience designing and implementing real-time graphics technologies, and their corresponding authoring tools

2. Experience with performance profiling and optimizing assets within tight performance budgets

3. Proven experience validating rendering outputs to ensure shading consistency on various platforms

4. Experience with real-time lighting concepts, color science, color space, exposure, tone mapping, and post-processing effects

5. Experience partnering with a cross-functional teams of artists, designers and engineers to design end-to-end workflows and authoring tools

6. Experience in low level programming languages such as C or C++, in addition to scripting languages such as Python

7. Experience designing and implementing real-time graphics technologies, and their corresponding authoring tools

Compensation

Public Compensation: $153,000/year to $212,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry: Internet

Equal Opportunity

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