Senior Technical Artist, World and Content Creation

Epic Games • Cary, NC

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About The Position

Join the industry-leading Unreal Engine team as a Senior Technical Artist and help shape the future of the world and content creation. You'll work hands-on across the full development cycle from procedural content generation to world partition streaming, modeling, and terrain tools to define what best-in-class tools look like for creators across all platforms. In this role, you will Contribute to the design and iterative development of world building and content creation tools in Unreal Engine Partner with Programming and UX teams to design workflows and build applicable solutions Ensure tools are best-in-class by creating prototypes, demos, and examples, and providing ongoing feedback Drive product initiatives with minimal direction Engage with internal Epic Games production teams and external users to understand their needs and requirements Apply subject matter expertise to influence product deliverables and manage the product roadmap Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to articulate the problems you're solving and the value delivered to users

Requirements

• Experience in world-building and/or content creation (as a Senior Technical Artist or equivalent), working alongside strong engineering teams
• Subject matter expertise in environment and asset production, 3D modeling, geometry scripting, and procedural content generation
• Experience with Unreal's Procedural Content Generation (PCG) Framework, Houdini, Maya, 3ds Max, or Blender
• Ability to represent user needs and think across near-term (tactics) and long-term (strategy) product goals
• Experience driving product initiatives and seeing features through from development to productization
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to manage complex tasks, adapt to shifting scope, and work across cross-functional teams
• Scripting experience or strong technical fundamentals
• Artistic skills or a strong eye for evaluating artistic work

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Unreal Engine, Unity, or a proprietary game engine is a plus

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and iterative development of world building and content creation tools in Unreal Engine
• Partner with Programming and UX teams to design workflows and build applicable solutions
• Ensure tools are best-in-class by creating prototypes, demos, and examples, and providing ongoing feedback
• Drive product initiatives with minimal direction
• Engage with internal Epic Games production teams and external users to understand their needs and requirements
• Apply subject matter expertise to influence product deliverables and manage the product roadmap
• Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to articulate the problems you're solving and the value delivered to users

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision HRA
• Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401k with competitive match
• Robust mental well-being program through Modern Health (free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents)
• Company events and company-wide paid breaks
• Unlimited PTO and sick time
• Paid sabbatical for 7 years of employment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed