Expert Technical Artist, Graphics
Location
Massachusetts
Posted
16 days ago
Salary
$151.4K - $231.2K / year
Bachelor Degree7 yrs expEnglishNode.jsPythonUnreal Engine
Job Description
• Collaborate with graphics engineers, designers, artists, and other developers to align rendering approaches with creative and technical targets.
• Conduct look-development and break down high-bar visual goals into actionable, real-time-ready procedures.
• Prototype, test, and extend rendering systems within Unreal Engine 5.
• Research emerging trends and advancements in rendering technology.
• Maintain visual coherence across scalability targets through thoughtful workflows and system integration.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve rendering and performance-related challenges.
• Collaborate on GPU budgets and content memory allocations, offering guidance to content developers.
• Develop test gyms and unit tests to help artists deliver optimized, performant content.
• Support cross-functional collaboration to ensure systemic alignment across disciplines.
• Mentor and guide the art team on best practices and technical approaches for world-building and rendering.
Job Requirements
- Typically 7+ years of experience in real-time graphics, rendering, or technical artistry.
- Strong understanding of GPU workflows (lighting, rendering, compute shaders), particularly in Unreal Engine 5.
- Proven experience in developing shaders and materials that balance performance and visual quality.
- Proficiency in HLSL, GSL, or other shader languages.
- Experience developing tools or automation systems using C++ or Python.
- Experience with node-based shading systems.
- Familiarity with DirectX 12 or similar graphics APIs.
- Demonstrated experience building scalable lighting, shading, and material pipelines.
- Experience with profiling tools such as PIX, RenderDoc, Unreal Insights, or similar.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts across disciplines.
- Initiative in driving shared goals, mentoring peers, and contributing independently and collaboratively.
- Creative and strategic problem-solving abilities that foster innovation.
Benefits
- Company-paid medical healthcare (dental, vision, and mental).
- Free mental health support, including access to counseling, psychiatric care, and a variety of well-being webinars.
- Paid leave — 26 days of vacation, 10 sick days, & 12 calendar holidays per year.
- 401K with employer matching.
- Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) – $100 per month to use towards fitness, wellness, internet, home office equipment, learning, streaming services, and more.
- Menstrual leave — employees who menstruate can take one extra day off when experiencing period pain.
- RED Parents Network — support for working parents.
- Flexible working hours.
- Trainings, lectures, and courses — internal workshops, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available.
- A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team.