Technical Artist

• Create and customize shader, post-process, or rendering pipeline to achieve the product’s art direction needs.
• Create and customize in-engine animation rigs/simulations, animation states and behaviors, and physics materials to achieve the product’s art direction needs.
• Develop tools to help author and manage high quality and quantity of art assets.
• Help optimize art assets and visual features.
• Conduct technical checks to ensure the developed assets meet the technical budget and adhere to the established pipeline requirements.
• Assist in setting up pipelines, developing tools to support them, and creating or coordinating documentation for these pipelines and tools.
• Be a jack of all trades when necessary to positively impact the art team’s output and productivity.
• Collaborate with fellow artists, team leads, and tech and design teams to integrate the team’s visual vision into the final playable product.

• Proficiency in 3D Digital Content Creation software (Blender, Zbrush, Maya, 3DSmax, etc.). You need to adapt to Blender for the production pipeline in Agate.
• Excellent knowledge of 2D Digital Content Creation software (Photoshop, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, etc.)
• Experience porting video game projects to mobile platforms (Android/iOS) or console platforms (Switch/XBOX/PlayStation).
• Experience with character rigging for animation.
• Familiar with shader languages (HLSL, GLSL) and shader editors (shader graph/ASE/Shaderforge for Unity and UE4 Material Editor).
• Proven track record of both artistic and technical creativity with a passion for solving problems.
• Strong understanding of performance and optimization in video games.
• A proactive communicator, willing to give and receive constructive feedback.
• 3+ years of professional experience in game development as Tech Art, Artist, or Programmer with at least one shipped title (excluding academic projects, please include them in your portfolio: Play Store, App Store, Steam, etc.)

Pluses

• Solid knowledge of mobile and console tech art techniques and fundamental art principles.
• Strong knowledge of Python, C#, C++, or JavaScript.
• Familiar with Machine Language.
• Good knowledge of mathematics and physics (vector calculus, linear algebra, quaternion).