Procedural Artist (PCG)

We are looking for a Procedural Artist (PCG) to drive the development of procedural tools and workflows for large-scale world generation, biome creation, and procedural assets for our AAA survival city-building RPG, Solid River. You will collaborate with artists, engineers, and designers to create rich, dynamic, and immersive environments, ensuring artist-friendly and technically robust world-generation pipelines.

Must Have

• Design and implement procedural generation pipelines for landscapes, biomes, settlements, and structures.
• Develop custom Houdini, Unreal Engine, or in-house tools to automate asset creation and terrain generation.
• Work closely with environment artists and level designers to refine procedural content workflows and maintain artistic quality.
• Optimize performance and memory usage for large-scale procedural worlds.
• Ensure seamless integration between handcrafted and procedurally generated content.
• Collaborate with the engineering team to define technical requirements and develop scalable solutions.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior team members in procedural content creation.
• 3+ years of experience as a Technical Artist in game development, with a focus on procedural content generation.
• Deep expertise in Unreal Engine and procedural workflows.
• Strong understanding of world-building techniques, landscape generation, and instancing methods.
• Experience developing tools and pipelines for terrain, foliage, settlements, and asset scattering.
• Solid programming/scripting skills in C++ or HLSL.
• Familiarity with shader development and performance optimization for large environments.
• Strong artistic sense and ability to balance procedural generation with creative direction.
• Ability to debug and optimize complex pipelines.
• Fluent in English.

Good to Have

• Experience with AI-driven procedural content generation.
• Knowledge of Substance Designer.
• Knowledge of SpeedTree.
• Understanding of multiplayer and networking considerations for procedural worlds.
• Background in open-world game development or sandbox survival games.
• Experience with Voxel Plugin.

Perks & Benefits

• Inspiring work environment in central Munich.
• Diverse, motivated, and international team.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Work with the latest tools and technologies.
• Work on a groundbreaking AAA survival city-building game.
• Opportunity to innovate in AI-driven game development.
• A chance to grow with a rapidly expanding game studio backed by top industry veterans.

Why us?

welevel is an innovative game studio based in Munich, backed by top-tier investors. We are developing Solid River, the first AAA survival game with deep city-building mechanics in the late game, set in a medieval, procedurally generated world with AI-driven NPCs.

Here’s what makes us stand out:

• Inspiring Work Environment: A central Munich location with a diverse, motivated, and international team that fosters creativity and collaboration.
• Competitive Compensation: We believe in rewarding talent with attractive and fair packages.
• Innovative Technology: Work with the latest tools and technologies to push boundaries and make the impossible possible.

Your Role

We’re looking for a Procedural Artist (PCG) to help push the boundaries of large-scale world generation, biome creation, and procedural assets. If you thrive at the intersection of art and technology and have a passion for crafting vast, immersive environments, we’d love to hear from you!

As a Procedural Artist, you will drive the development of procedural tools and workflows to create rich, dynamic worlds for our survival city-building RPG. You will collaborate closely with artists, engineers, and designers to ensure our world-generation pipelines are both artist-friendly and technically robust.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement procedural generation pipelines for landscapes, biomes, settlements, and structures.
• Develop custom Houdini, Unreal Engine, or in-house tools to automate asset creation and terrain generation.
• Work closely with environment artists and level designers to refine procedural content workflows and maintain artistic quality.
• Optimize performance and memory usage for large-scale procedural worlds.
• Ensure seamless integration between handcrafted and procedurally generated content.
• Collaborate with the engineering team to define technical requirements and develop scalable solutions.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior team members in procedural content creation.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Technical Artist in game development, with a focus on procedural content generation.
• Deep expertise in Unreal Engine and procedural workflows.
• Strong understanding of world-building techniques, landscape generation, and instancing methods.
• Experience developing tools and pipelines for terrain, foliage, settlements, and asset scattering.
• Solid programming/scripting skills in C++, or HLSL.
• Familiarity with shader development and performance optimization for large environments.
• Strong artistic sense and ability to balance procedural generation with creative direction.
• Ability to debug and optimize complex pipelines.
• Fluent in English; German is a plus.
• Onsite position.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI-driven procedural content generation.
• Knowledge of Substance Designer, SpeedTree, or other procedural tools.
• Understanding of multiplayer and networking considerations for procedural worlds.
• Background in open-world game development or sandbox survival games.
• Experience with Voxel Plugin

What we offer

• Work on a groundbreaking AAA survival city-building game.
• Be part of a passionate and highly experienced team.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to innovate in AI-driven game development.
• A chance to grow with a rapidly expanding game studio backed by top industry veterans.