Hybrid Technical Artist: Real-Time Tooling & Optimization

Placements24; Soweto; Hybrid; ZAR 420,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive salary

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Professional growth

Cutting-edge tools

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a skilled Technical Artist to bridge art and programming in a hybrid development team. You will optimize assets, build tools, and establish workflows to enhance visual fidelity and efficiency in game production.

Gain exposure to Unreal Engine and Unity, collaborating with artists and engineers to resolve technical challenges and push interactive entertainment forward.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Technical Artist in game development with a portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Optimize 3D models, textures, and animations for real-time engines to ensure high performance and fidelity.
• Develop and maintain custom tools, shaders, and scripts to streamline asset creation and integration workflows.
• Collaborate with environment and character artists to troubleshoot asset implementation and rendering.
• Work with engineers to implement and refine engine features to meet artistic requirements.
• Provide technical guidance and best practices for asset creation and engine usage.

Skills

3D modeling

Texturing

Rigging

Shader creation

Scripting

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Python

MEL

C#

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a skilled Technical Artist to bridge art and programming in a hybrid development team. You will optimize assets, build tools, and establish workflows to enhance visual fidelity and efficiency in game production.

Gain exposure to Unreal Engine and Unity, collaborating with artists and engineers to resolve technical challenges and push interactive entertainment forward.