Shader Technical Artist (Senior or above)

Elsewhere Entertainment is seeking a Senior Shader Technical Artist to drive next-generation shaders, materials, and special effects for a new IP. This role involves collaborating with artists and engineers to achieve artistic vision, maintaining technical asset production, and maximizing the benefits of the rendering pipeline. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of experience in the games industry with advanced real-time shader development skills and a strong understanding of modern rendering techniques and optimization.

Must Have

• Driving next-generation shaders, materials and special effects, including asset creation pipelines and workflow.
• Collaborating with artists and engineers to deliver innovative ways of realizing our artistic vision in terms of quality, scale, and performance.
• Actively participating in maintaining technical asset production in terms of consistency, scalability, performance, and reusability.
• Working closely with engineers and peers to maximize benefits of our next-gen rendering pipeline.
• 4+ years of experience as a Technical Artist in the games industry.
• Advanced expertise in real-time shader development HLSL/GLSL/Shader.
• Experience working with Graphs/Material Editors in Proprietary Game Engines, Unreal or Unity.
• Strong understanding of modern rendering pipelines, lighting, HDR, and post-processing effects.
• Solid grasp of PBR workflows and performance optimization techniques.
• Experience profiling and optimizing shaders and rendering performance across platforms.
• Ability to bridge the gap between art and engineering with clear communication and documentation.

Good to Have

• Experience working on AAA titles. Special preference for shipped titles with high visual fidelity and/or large content variety.
• Experience working with advanced rendering concepts: ray tracing, screen-space effects, compute shaders, meshlets, tessellation.
• Proven leadership or managerial experience.
• Knowledge of Niagara (Unreal) or VFX Graph (Unity).
• Experience transferring materials/shaders between different workflows/DCCs/shader languages.
• Experience with machine learning.
• Experience with OpenUSD, MaterialX, and similar technologies.
• Experience working with consoles.
• Enjoyment of playing a variety of video game genres and titles.

Job Title:

Shader Technical Artist (Senior or above)

Requisition ID:

R025412

Job Description:

This position available in Malmö/Sweden or Warsaw/Poland for On-Site Hybrid. For very experienced candidates with a proven track record of working remotely, WFH/Europe is a possibility.

Elsewhere Entertainment is looking for a Shader Technical Artist to join the development of a new IP.

Feed your creativity while collaborating with our team of highly skilled developers to build something innovative, exhilarating, and expansively entertaining.

As a member of the Technical Art department, you’ll put your amazing skills to use solving a wide range of challenges, including implementing artist tools and defining our pipeline and workflows.

As a member of the project, you’ll help take the studio and our game from great to even better—with a focus on inclusivity, mutual respect (for ourselves and our players), thoughtfulness, empathy, professionalism, and collaboration.

You’ll help us by…

• Driving next-generation shaders, materials and special effects, including asset creation pipelines and workflow.
• Collaborating with artists and engineers to deliver innovative ways of realizing our artistic vision in terms of quality, scale, and performance.
• Actively participating in maintaining technical asset production in terms of consistency, scalability, performance, and reusability.
• Working closely with engineers and peers to maximize benefits of our next-gen rendering pipeline.

You’re awesome because you have…

• 4+ years of experience as a Technical Artist in the games industry.
• Advanced expertise in real-time shader development HLSL/GLSL/Shader.
• Experience working with Graphs/Material Editors in Proprietary Game Engines, Unreal or Unity.
• Strong understanding of modern rendering pipelines, lighting, HDR, and post-processing effects.
• Solid grasp of PBR workflows and performance optimization techniques.
• Experience profiling and optimizing shaders and rendering performance across platforms.
• Ability to bridge the gap between art and engineering with clear communication and documentation.

Bonus points for…

• Experience working on AAA titles. Special preference for shipped titles with high visual fidelity and/or large content variety.
• Experience working with advanced rendering concepts: ray tracing, screen-space effects, compute shaders, meshlets, tessellation.
• Proven leadership or managerial experience.
• Knowledge of Niagara (Unreal) or VFX Graph (Unity).
• Experience transferring materials/shaders between different workflows/DCCs/shader languages.
• Experience with machine learning.
• Experience with OpenUSD, MaterialX, and similar technologies.
• Experience working with consoles.
• Enjoyment of playing a variety of video game genres and titles.

Not sure you meet all the qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

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We’re not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we’re forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization.

We’re in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater — this could be your opportunity to level up.

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