Principal Technical Artist – Sledgehammer Games
Requisition ID: R027467
Your Mission
As a Principal Technical Artist, you will provide support building and delivering key technologies and workflows that enable artists and designers to quickly implement visual content into our games. The ideal candidate will have a strong eye for art quality and knowledge of real-time requirements and constraints. He or she will act as a bridge between art and engineering, demonstrating superior communication skills to facilitate problem solving between departments, while adding new ideas, new techniques, and working with the latest technologies to create world‑class games.
Responsibilities
- Identifies and executes solutions to pipeline and technical inefficiencies within the studio.
- Collaborate with other discipline leads to improve studio tools.
- Establish consistent and optimal best practices.
- Proactively identify problems, propose solutions and seek out buy‑in regarding implementation strategy.
- Demonstrate leadership by mentoring junior and senior Technical Artists on the team.
- Great communication skills to communicate with both technical and non‑technical cross‑functional team members and stakeholders.
- Self‑starter who is able to identify and drive the priorities of the team and work with production to build out a roadmap.
Minimum Requirements
- Advanced understanding of one or more commercially available real‑time engines (e.g., UE4, Unity, CryEngine).
- Artistic eye with advanced understanding of the creation & integration of 3D art.
- Advanced understanding of modern DCC tools.
- Shipped at least 2 AAA titles from start to finish on multiple platforms (e.g., PS4, Xbox One).
- Excellent communication skills, especially with regards to illustrating technical processes.
- Proficiency with Python, HLSL, GLSL.
- Experience working as a lead.
Extra Points
- C++ experience or Computer Science degree.
- Extensive portfolio with examples of professional work (e.g., art, scripts, tools, simulations, etc.).
- Blueprint or asset scripting abilities.
- Has managed and mentored a team.
Rewards
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance.
- 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching.
- Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave.
- Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others.
- If the company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.
EEO Statement
Sledgehammer Games is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Compensation
In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $134,000.00 - $247,900.00 Annual.
Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part‑time and temporary full‑time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.
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