Senior Tech Artist – Real-Time Game Environments

Placements24; George; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Performance bonuses

Growth opportunities

Exciting projects in George

Job summary

Placements24 in George, South Africa, seeks a Senior Technical Artist to optimize the environment art pipeline and bridge art and tech. You will develop tools, shaders, and workflows to ensure high visual fidelity and real-time performance across platforms.

Collaborate with environment artists, designers, and engineers to solve technical challenges and implement efficient pipelines in Unreal or Unity. A strong portfolio and 5+ years in the field are required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Technical Artist or Environment Artist with a technical focus.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating environment art creation and problem-solving for games.
• Proficient in Maya/3ds Max/Blender and Unreal or Unity, with Python/MEL/C# scripting.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain efficient workflows for environment art production and integration.
• Create and optimize environment assets for real-time rendering.
• Develop tools and plugins to boost team productivity.
• Implement shaders, lighting, and post-processing in the engine.
• Collaborate with engineers to define pipeline requirements.
• Optimize environments for performance across platforms.
• Provide technical guidance to environment artists.
• Stay updated on new tech in game development and environment art.

Skills

Environment art

Technical problem-solving

Python scripting

Shader creation

PBR workflows

Performance optimization

Art pipelines

Tools

Maya

3ds Max

Blender

Unreal Engine

Unity

Job description

Placements24 in George, South Africa, seeks a Senior Technical Artist to optimize the environment art pipeline and bridge art and tech. You will develop tools, shaders, and workflows to ensure high visual fidelity and real-time performance across platforms.

Collaborate with environment artists, designers, and engineers to solve technical challenges and implement efficient pipelines in Unreal or Unity. A strong portfolio and 5+ years in the field are required.