Senior Technical Artist - Tools & Pipeline

Company Description

To create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social media and check out our YouTube channel where we share behind-the-scenes insights and stories direct from our team members!

Job Description

CD PROJEKT RED is looking for a Senior Technical Artist with a focus in Tools and Pipelines to join our studio to work on Project Orion, the follow-up to Cyberpunk 2077. In this role you will help contribute to the research and development of our in-house tools and pipeline solutions to enable development teams to meet our creative and technical goals. 

Daily Responsibilities:

• Work closely with designers, artists and other developers to understand their needs and ensure the tools and pipelines.
• Extend and enhance Digital Content Creation applications such as Maya, Motionbuilder, or other DCC applications.
• Ensure tools scale without sacrificing performance, maintaining efficient smooth workflows for content teams.
• Write high-quality code that is optimised, bug-free, and aligned with project goals.
• Prototype, research, extend, and integrate in-house tools and third party solutions leveraged by our content development teams.
• Documentation, training, and guidance for development teams.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration to ensure developed tools and pipelines contribute effectively to all game systems and components.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of professional experience as a tools & pipeline developer or technical artist within the game or film industry.
• Strong C++, C#, and/or Python tool/plugin development and scripting professional experience.
• Familiarity with content creation software (Blender, Autodesk Maya, Substance Painter).
• A good understanding of content creation processes and supporting varied content development teams.  
• Experience creating, extending, and maintaining API’s for co-developers.
• Familiarity with developing application interoperability.
• Experience with network automation, batching, and packaged environment setups.
• Ability to think creatively and strategically to overcome technical challenges and drive innovation in technology.
• Demonstrated commitment to taking ownership, setting goals, exchanging knowledge and driving initiatives independently.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have:

(Please note that these skills are not required to apply for the position)

• Familiarity with procedural content systems.
• Familiarity with UI/UX design patterns and paradigms. 
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine 5. 
• Experience in content performance/memory optimization. 

Additional Information

Working mode

For this role you can choose between a remote-first or office-first working mode.

• Office-First: working primarily from the Warsaw, Wroclaw, or Cracow office for a minimum of 10 days per month.
• Remote-First: working from home, or from any location that is within 3 hours of the GMT+3 time zone.

Perks & Professional Growth

• Flexible working hours — start your workday anytime between 8:00 and 10:00 AM.
• A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team.
• Trainings, lectures and courses — internal workshops, external training for each employee, ‘Meet a star’ events, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available. There’s always something to learn!
• Merch — gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!

Health & Well-being

• Private medical healthcare — a selection of medical plans with dental care to choose from, which are also accessible for your partner and relatives.
• Psychological care — free mental health support and various well-being webinars. 
• Multisport card — gain access to a wide number of sporting and fitness facilities across the city.

Social Activities & Life in the Office

• Dog-friendly office — dog owner? Bring your pooch with you and look after them while working! There’s always a furry friend or two to meet at the studio.
• Social events — we host regular gatherings at the studio where we can all unwind, play games, and just have some fun together.
• Healthy selections — ​​organic fruit, snacks, muesli, organic honey, vegan milk, and speciality coffee are all at your disposal around the studio. Enjoy!
• Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world.

Head office in Warsaw

• Sustainable campus with an eco ethos — solar panels provide green energy, 2000 plants and an air-filtering system to help provide clean air, electric car charging points, flower meadows, and more green features in the works.
• An onsite, well-equipped gym with a climbing wall, daily Gym Assistant support and yoga and healthy spine classes.
• Car and bike parking spaces.
• A designated space for your bicycle, as well as bicycle repair equipment and showers available whenever you need them.
• No dress-code — we like to keep it casual.

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