Senior Technical Artist, World and Content Creation
On-siteMontréal, Quebec, Canada
Job Summary
Contribute to the design and iterative development of world building and content creation tools in Unreal Engine, working hands-on across the full development cycle from procedural content generation to world partition streaming. Partner with Programming and UX teams to design workflows and build applicable solutions, ensuring tools are best-in-class through prototypes, demos, and examples. Drive product initiatives with minimal direction by engaging with internal production teams and external users to understand needs, while applying subject matter expertise to influence product deliverables and manage the product roadmap. Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to articulate problems solved and value delivered.
Required Qualifications
- Experience in world-building and/or content creation (as a Senior Technical Artist or equivalent), working alongside strong programming teams
- Subject matter expertise in environment and asset production, 3D modeling, geometry scripting, and procedural content generation
- Experience with Unreal's Procedural Content Generation (PCG) Framework, Houdini, Maya, 3ds Max, or Blender
- Ability to represent user needs and think across near-term (tactics) and long-term (strategy) product goals
- Experience driving product initiatives and seeing features through from development to productization
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to manage complex tasks, adapt to shifting scope, and work across cross-functional teams
- Scripting experience or strong technical fundamentals
- Artistic skills or a strong eye for evaluating artistic work
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with Unreal Engine, Unity, or a proprietary game engine is a plus
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