Senior Technical Artist

Summary

Join Visual Concepts' Austin studio as a Senior Technical Artist and contribute to cutting-edge game development. Collaborate with art and engineering teams to build and maintain art pipelines, research new workflows, and solve technical issues related to rigs, animations, and simulations. You will work with a highly skilled team, mentor other artists, and leverage your expertise in areas such as Python/C#/C++, Maya, Substance Painter/Designer, and more. This fully remote role offers competitive salary and benefits, with pay varying based on location and experience. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of experience in games, film, or animation and a passion for problem-solving and mobile game development.

Requirements

• 5+ years in the games, film, or animation industries
• Pro-active problem solvers who like complex challenges
• Proficiency with Python/C#/C++
• Fluent in Maya with significant experience in animation, rigging, shaders along with MEL Script/Maya API experience
• Experience with cloth and rigid/soft body physics setup for characters, including collision volumes
• Experience with Substance Painter/Designer, Photoshop, Perforce, and Motion Builder
• Experience working with existing pipelines to debug and optimize art asset reduction and validation
• Passion for tackling mobile centric challenges and understanding mobile platform limitations

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain technologies associated with art pipelines and workflows
• Collaborate with Art and Engineering to drive research, identify new workflows, technologies for improved pipelines, and streamlined creation processes
• Solve technical issues related to rigs, animations, hair and cloth simulations, and performance capture
• Collaborate with other technical artists daily to find opportunities for improved workflows and tools
• Partner with the engineering team to ensure build stability, and to ensure that memory and performance budgets are being maintained
• Mentor other artists as needed
• Learn from and grow with some of the top talent in the industry

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior mobile game development experience a plus!
• Love for video games (not just ours!)

Benefits

• Medical
• Financial
• Bonus
• Equity awards