Senior VFX Artist

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 an experienced Senior VFX Artist to join our team working on The Witcher 4, the first game in a brand-new saga. We’re looking for someone who combines artistic vision with deep technical expertise, and who thrives on collaboration, creativity, and pushing the boundaries of real-time visuals in games. If you're passionate about bringing worlds to life through unforgettable visual effects, we’d love to hear from you.

Daily Responsibilities

• Create high-quality real-time visual effects for gameplay, environments, and cinematics.
• Collaborate with artists, designers, and engineers to shape stunning and performant VFX.
• Contribute to creative and technical solutions that enhance the game’s storytelling and immersion.
• Explore new tools, workflows, and techniques to help evolve the future of real-time VFX.
• Ensure VFX assets meet both artistic standards and technical constraints.
• Work with leads and producers to estimate and plan work that aligns with project goals and schedules.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in game development, particularly with Unreal Engine.
• Strong artistic sensibility, with a sharp eye for detail, composition, and motion.
• Advanced skills with VFX tools and pipelines, including Niagara.
• Ability to create complex materials in Unreal Engine.
• Solid understanding of real-time rendering, lighting, shaders, and PBR.
• Expertise in real-time simulations and optimization.
• A proactive mindset, self-motivation, and openness to feedback.
• Experience owning and delivering impactful, self-directed work.
• Clear and empathetic communication skills.
• A portfolio that showcases your excellence in VFX for games.
• Proficient in written and spoken English

Nice to Have

• Experience in procedural content creation in Houdini.
• Experience with Blueprint scripting in Unreal Engine.

Candidates should include a portfolio in their application. Applications without a portfolio will not be considered.

Additional Information

Working mode

• In-office in a hybrid or full-time capacity in Warsaw, Poland.
• Possibility of remote from within Europe for selected candidates.

Perks & Professional Growth

• 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!
• REDs have access to the cafeteria platform through which they can receive subscription benefits, additional medical packages or vouchers and codes to shops and cinemas.
• 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.