Senior Technical Artist

Scopely•Culver City, CA

1d•$123,600 - $187,700•Remote

About The Position

Scopely is looking for a Senior Technical Artist to serve on and elevate our casual game, Monopoly GO! team on a remote basis. At Scopely, we care deeply about what we do and want to inspire play every day - whether in our work environments alongside our talented colleagues or through our deep connections with our communities of players. We are a global team of game lovers who are developing, publishing and innovating the mobile games industry, connecting millions of people around the world daily. The Monopoly GO! team is one of our key franchises and has just become one of Scopely’s largest games. The teams sit globally, with the bulk of their members located throughout the US and Spain.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of experience as a technical artist or similar discipline
Experience in repository management, asset exporting/importing, optimization and pipeline creation
Strong understanding of real-time performance constraints and optimization techniques
Experience with, or strong curiosity about, AI-driven tools and workflows to enhance content creation and pipeline efficiency
Experience in Unity game engine
Experience in UI / UX implementation
Experience in 2D graphics software such as Photoshop or Illustrator
Experience in 3D graphics software such as Maya or Blender
Professional proficiency in English

Responsibilities

Act as a key liaison between the art and engineering teams, ensuring seamless collaboration and execution.
Play a central role in the end-to-end development of features, while also owning the asset integration pipeline - overseeing the import, optimization, and assembly of assets from external tool suites into the team’s development environment (Unity).
Import and integrate 2D and 3D assets from external tools into Unity
Manage, implement, and optimize assets within a versioned repository
With the team’s support, create content with the internal Unity toolset: UI, shaders, materials, animation controllers, particle systems, timeline sequences, lighting, game logic and using internal tools and third party plugins
Act as a liaison between art and engineering to ensure smooth collaboration and efficient feature development and delivery
Design and develop tools and workflows to improve artist productivity and pipeline efficiency
Research, evaluate, and implement AI-driven solutions to streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and enhance content production pipelines
Own, document, and continuously improve pipelines and best practices