Senior Technical Artist (UE5)
About The Position
At SkyBox Labs, we don’t just make games—we build the systems that make the "impossible" playable. For our newest co-development AAA project, we’re looking for a Senior Technical Artist who is part scientist, part visionary, and 100% problem solver to help us define how our game’s environments come to life. Joining our newly established team in UE5, you will be making critical decisions that ensure this game is successfully showcased to the world. This is not about maintenance; it is about creating a world-building pipeline and making key choices that will define how this iconic universe is received. If you’ve got the technical depth and the vision to break new ground, come join our team. This team works in a hybrid capacity - with three days a week in our studio in Burnaby.
Requirements
- 8+ years of AAA game development experience with at least one shipped major title
- Intrinsic ability to act as a force multiplier to a team, acting as a high-level technical support and guide for procedural strategy
- Deep knowledge of Unreal Engine 5, Houdini, and PCG
- Extremely strong communication and collaboration skills effectively leveraged when conveying tech art concepts, solutions, and deliverables
- Experience with optimization, performance, and editor tooling in the UE5 space
- Comfortable working autonomously and in an ever-changing environment
- A "strong eye" for aesthetic quality—you ensure the tech never deviates from the core visual direction
- Proactive problem solving traits and abilities
Nice To Haves
- Tech Art skills in various other subdisciplines including graphics, character workflows and pipelines, animation, or other
- Strong foundations in scripting and material creation (Blueprints, Python, HLSL, C++)
Responsibilities
- Build custom end-to-end environment pipelines, workflows, and systems that achieve both visual and technical behaviour goals as required
- Own the PCG problem space, executing modern solutions to address PCG performance and frameworks challenges
- Leverage LiDar and Gaea simulations and custom tools to refine the landscape workflows and automations in order to support a grounded team during rapid iteration
- Leverage content creation best practices to problem solve and deliver performance and optimization solutions for this large world
- Provide artist workflows, widgets, automations, and interface improvements and efficiencies via editor tooling and technical solutions
Benefits
- Annual bonus
- Up to 3% RRSP matching available
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Supportive Parental Leave policy
- Flexible hybrid working arrangements
- Employee Assistance Program
- 3 weeks of vacation leave
- Free gym at our Burnaby Studio
- Support for growth and development (C++ skills at SkyBox University, explore other disciplines through our Guild Program, Lunch & Learns)
- Social events (trivia nights, karaoke nights, movie nights, group activities, soccer team, game jams, board game sessions)
- Involvement with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that champion Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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