Senior Technical Artist: Real-Time Rendering & Pipelines (Hybrid)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health benefits

Paid time off

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Placements24's client in Benoni seeks a Senior Technical Artist to bridge art and tech, optimize assets, develop tools, and improve pipelines for faster, higher fidelity visuals. You will collaborate with art and engineering teams to solve complex challenges and empower artists to create stunning in-game visuals.

You will mentor junior technical artists, stay ahead with real-time rendering techniques, and operate in a hybrid work setting with in-office collaboration in Benoni and remote

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Technical Artist with a strong portfolio.
• Experience with asset pipelines, tool development and optimization.
• Strong knowledge of real-time rendering and shaders.
• Experience working in a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities

• Optimize 3D assets, textures, and shaders for real-time rendering performance.
• Develop and maintain art pipelines, tools, and scripts.
• Collaborate with engineers to implement art-related systems.
• Mentor junior technical artists.
• Profile performance bottlenecks in art assets and resolve them.
• Create and refine shaders, materials, and lighting setups.
• Stay current with new technologies in game development and real-time graphics.
• Contribute to art reviews with technical insights.

Skills

Pipeline optimization

Tool development

Shader optimization

Real-time rendering

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in Computer Graphics or Computer Science

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Python

MEL

C#

Job description

Placements24's client in Benoni seeks a Senior Technical Artist to bridge art and tech, optimize assets, develop tools, and improve pipelines for faster, higher fidelity visuals. You will collaborate with art and engineering teams to solve complex challenges and empower artists to create stunning in-game visuals.

You will mentor junior technical artists, stay ahead with real-time rendering techniques, and operate in a hybrid work setting with in-office collaboration in Benoni and remote