Technical Artist (Unreal Engine)

TL;DR

Technical Artist (Unreal Engine): Bridging the gap between art and engineering for a third-person action shooter with an accent on pipeline optimization, tool development, and asset integration. Focus on solving complex technical challenges within Unreal Engine 5 to ensure high-quality, performant in-game content.

Location: Must be based in Canada (Remote or Hybrid in Vancouver, BC).

Company

hirify.global is an independent game studio focused on creating world-class IPs and original titles across multiple genres.

What you will do

• Act as a bridge between Art, Engineering, and the game engine to solve cross-disciplinary problems.
• Support artists with asset integration, debugging, and optimization within Unreal Engine.
• Design and maintain tools, scripts, and workflows to improve artist productivity.
• Collaborate on animation, modeling, texturing, shaders, and FX disciplines.
• Identify visual or performance issues and implement high-quality technical solutions.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of art pipelines and documentation.

Requirements

• Must be based in Canada.
• At least 2 years of experience with Unreal Engine as a Technical Artist.
• Strong understanding of real-time content development and game art pipelines.
• Technical proficiency in art disciplines like animation, modeling, or FX.
• Experience developing production tools and workflows.
• Programming or scripting experience in C++, C#, or Python.
• Familiarity with DCC tools such as Maya and version control practices.

Nice to have

• Understanding of shader development and material systems.
• Experience with particle systems and real-time visual effects.
• Knowledge of performance profiling and optimization.
• Experience with Perforce (P4V) and Unreal Chaos destruction systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible, forward-thinking work environment.
• Support for remote and hybrid working arrangements.
• Opportunity to work on a high-profile third-person action shooter.
• Creative-fueled studio culture that values individual voices.