Senior Technical Artist - Dead by Daylight

4 Minutes ago • 6 Years +

Technical Art

Job Description

Behaviour Interactive, a leading video game developer, is seeking a Senior Technical Artist for its iconic Dead by Daylight title. Based in Montreal, this role involves leveraging deep Unreal Engine expertise to automate tasks, enhance production processes, and develop cutting-edge tools and solutions. The successful candidate will act as a technical resource, promote asset reuse, and push technological limits to achieve optimal visual results within performance constraints.

Good To Have:

Experience with Houdini.
Experience with tooling development
Experience in Unreal Shader development

Must Have:

Act as a resource person for the team members to determine the technical impact of the artistic vision.
Simplify production by finding ways to automate tasks and improve processes.
Develops best practices, solutions and tools in order to solve problems.
Promote the reuse of assets, know-how and tools across multiple projects.
Ensure that the team has the technical expertise to do the work required in the project.
Seek to constantly push the limits of technology.
Establish strong communication between the creative and technical teams.
Find innovative solutions and demonstrate expertise in the field of technical optimization to produce the best visual results possible within the limits of technology equipment.
Strong comprehension of the rendering pipeline in order to gauge the impact on performance.
6+ years as a Technical Artist in the gaming industry, with at least one AAA title shipped.
Proficiency with Unreal Engine.
Strong understanding of 3D modeling, textures, frames, animation, lighting, special effects, and scripts.
Expertise in optimizing game assets and improving art pipelines and visual quality.
Knowledge of procedural systems and dynamic lighting challenges.
Technical knowledge of real-time 3D graphics and digital content creation pipelines.
Solid grasp of rendering hardware on multiple platforms, specifically PC and consoles.
Understanding rendering hardware on multiple platforms, specifically PC and current generation consoles.
Fluent in English.

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Are you ready to dive into the world of cutting-edge video game development? Headquartered in Montreal, Behaviour Interactive is at the forefront of the gaming industry, crafting unforgettable experiences across PC, console, and mobile platforms. We’re a dynamic, independent studio of over 1200 passionate employees, with studios in Toronto (Behaviour Toronto), Rotterdam (Behaviour Rotterdam) and in the UK (Behaviour UK–North & South). Our day to day revolves around two core business focuses: Services and Original Games. Our Services team collaborates with gaming and entertainment giants like Disney, Sony, Activision, and Nintendo, delivering exceptional work-for-hire development and pioneering immersive location-based entertainment (LBE). Meanwhile, our Original Games unit pushes our creative limits, with our signature IPs, including the iconic Dead by Daylight. Join us and be a part of the future of interactive entertainment!

At Behaviour Interactive, we believe in giving everyone a fair shot. We embrace a diverse and creative environment where everyone is celebrated. We value folks of all ages, sex, ethnicity, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, civil status, disability, or any other protected characteristics as per applicable law.

Join Behaviour Interactive and play a key role in shaping the future of Dead by Daylight, our online multiplayer horror experience enjoyed by millions of players worldwide.

We’re looking for a Senior Technical Artist with deep Unreal Engine expertise to push the boundaries of creativity and technology. You will have the opportunity to utilize your expertise to automate tasks, enhance processes, and develop cutting-edge solutions and tools.

In this role you will:

Acts as a resource person for the team members to determine the technical impact of the artistic vision.
Simplifies production by finding ways to automate tasks and improve processes.
Develops best practices, solutions and tools in order to solve problems.
Promotes the reuse of assets, know-how and tools across multiple projects.
Ensures that the team has the technical expertise to do the work required in the project.
Seeks to constantly push the limits of technology.
Establishes strong communication between the creative and technical teams.
Finds innovative solutions and demonstrates expertise in the field of technical optimization to produce the best visual results possible within the limits of technology equipment.
Strong comprehension of the rendering pipeline in order to gauge the impact on performance.

What we’re looking for:

6+ years as a Technical Artist in the gaming industry, with at least one AAA title shipped.
Proficiency with Unreal Engine.
Strong understanding of 3D modeling, textures, frames, animation, lighting, special effects, and scripts.
Expertise in optimizing game assets and improving art pipelines and visual quality.
Knowledge of procedural systems and dynamic lighting challenges.
Technical knowledge of real-time 3D graphics and digital content creation pipelines.
Solid grasp of rendering hardware on multiple platforms, specifically PC and consoles.
Understanding rendering hardware on multiple platforms, specifically PC and current generation consoles.
Fluent in English.

Nice to Have: