Principal Technical Artist

We are seeking a Principal Technical Artist to join our Research and Engineering team, working at the intersection of art and technology. As a Principal Technical Artist, you will work closely with scientists, engineers, and designers to define the future of world creation in video games using sophisticated artificial intelligence technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Explore new avenues and push the current boundaries of content creation and real-time rendering pipelines to design next-generation experiences powered by artificial intelligence.
• Collaborate with other developers to design innovative technologies that bring our game worlds to life, exploring new approaches to ensure the quality and scalability of artistic resources.
• Propose new ideas, stimulate discussions, and implement solutions to solve some of the most complex challenges in content creation for video games.
• Collaborate with other developers to improve the visual quality of each person's work.
• Participate in team initiatives to create demonstrations that showcase the best aspects of our work.
• Work closely with the artistic direction to translate creative objectives into concrete technical solutions while preserving the desired style and visual quality.
• Develop tools and workflows to help others create artistic resources, accelerate iteration cycles, and make neural rendering technologies more useful and manageable.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated expertise in AAA game development (at least 15 years of experience), with commercialized works for console or computer, and mastery of major game engines such as Unreal, Unity, or an exclusive engine.
• Complete mastery of content creation production pipelines for AAA games.
• Highly developed artistic sense and ability to recognize visual quality.
• Good knowledge of scripting languages and compiled programming languages.
• Good understanding of hardware architectures for consoles and computers, including optimization strategies, performance profiling, and hardware limitations.
• Practical experience with artificial intelligence tools like Claude Code.
• Ideally, you have a portfolio, demo reel, or concrete examples demonstrating a high level of technical artistry.