Senior Technical Artist

3 Months ago • 8 Years + • Technical Art • $100,000 PA - $145,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Technical Artist at BioWare will define content creation standards, evaluate runtime performance, and guide the content creation team on performance issues. Collaboration with programmers, artists, and designers is crucial for establishing metrics and workflows around performance management and asset validation. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining base shaders, creating tools for artists, reviewing content, providing troubleshooting support, and maintaining shared scripting libraries. The role requires experience with Unreal Engine 4/5 and involves working on titles like Mass Effect and Dragon Age.
Must have:
  • 8+ years experience
  • Shipped 2+ Unreal Engine titles
  • Content management skills
  • Python or tools development experience
  • 3D modeling & node-based scripting
Good to have:
  • C++ experience
  • Unreal PCG experience
Perks:
  • Vacation time
  • Paid sick leave
  • Parental leave benefits
  • Comprehensive health coverage
  • Bonus & Equity (potential)

Job Details

BioWare, founded in 1995 and based primarily in Edmonton, Canada, creates games with rich stories, memorable characters, and immersive worlds. The studio has earned critical acclaim for shaping the RPG genre with franchises like Mass Effect™, a groundbreaking sci-fi saga that has captivated players with its cinematic storytelling, unforgettable player choices, genre-defining characters, and expansive universe. Dragon Age™, with its latest entry, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, continues the legacy of rich world-building and character-driven narratives. The studio remains committed to redefining interactive storytelling and empowering player choice.

The Senior Technical Artist will report to the Technical Art Director. This role won’t have managerial responsibilities. This position is hybrid with a preferred location of Edmonton, Vancouver or Montreal

Responsibilities:

You will:

  • Define content creation standards (data structure, naming conventions, specs)

  • Evaluate runtime performance, provide guidance to the content creation team on performance issues.

  • Work with programmers, artists, and designers to establish metrics and workflows around performance management and asset validation to ensure that the game operates within established targets

  • Develop and maintain base shaders

  • Create and maintain tools to assist artists with their daily workflows

  • Review content at each stage of development and provide feedback to artists

  • Provide the first line of support for troubleshooting artist issues, and ensure that those which need escalation are resolved

  • Help maintain shared scripting libraries and participate in code reviews

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years of experience in the industry

  • Have shipped 2 titles using Unreal Engine 4/5

  • Experienced content management skills (naming convention, data structure, validation)

  • Experience with Python or tools development

  • Experience with 3D modeling, world-building, and node-based scripting systems (materials, blueprints)

  • Nice to have:

  • C++ Experience

  • Unreal PCG experience

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

BASE SALARY RANGES

  • British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria)

    • $133,400 - $193,200 CAD

In British Columbia, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

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About The Company

We believe that work/life balance is essential to the success of our employees. We value the creativity, innovation, and passion that our team members put in to develop and ship critically acclaimed games. We provide a stimulating environment that encourages sharing of skills, knowledge, and continuous learning and development. We offer our employees great, competitive benefits including dental and medical coverage, annual bonuses, stock options/restricted stock units, three weeks accrued paid vacation, bonus winter holiday vacation time, daily breakfasts, free games, game discounts on all EA games, social activities, discounted gym memberships, and much more! You have a future at BioWare! BioWare is part of the greater EA family, and with multiple studios, many game teams, and aggressive plans to add talent to our teams, there is an opportunity to expand your career within the family!

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