Description

We’re looking for a Technical Artist to join our team and help deliver visually impressive, technically sound game content. You’ll work closely with both artists and programmers to support asset integration, improve workflows, and contribute to the development of intuitive and inspiring games.

The rundown:

• 12-month fixed term contract
• Full time (37.5 hours per week)
• Fully remote within the UK
• Salary is competitive and dependent on experience

Key responsibilities:

• Create and iterate on shaders and master materials in Unreal Engine using node graphs and HLSL, ensuring usability for the art team.
• Optimise shaders across platforms to improve performance and memory usage.
• Support the creation and optimisation of visual effects, particularly using Niagara.
• Collaborate with engineers and artists to ensure technical accessibility of features.
• Work with other disciplines (e.g. programmers, designers) to gather feedback and improve implementation.
• Contribute to defining and maintaining art workflows and pipelines.
• Document tools and processes clearly, using visual aids where helpful.
• Assist in improving team efficiency through better tools or processes.
• Help identify and resolve technical issues during production.
• Participate in discussions around technical art needs and priorities.
• Support the studio’s technical art goals and maintain high standards.
• Break down tasks and dependencies to support collaborative development.

Requirements

The skills you’ll need:

• Solid experience in shader development and optimisation
• Understanding of VFX optimisation workflows
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on efficiency and detail
• Working knowledge of Unreal Engine
• Clear and confident communicator

The nice to haves:

• Experience with VR development
• Familiarity with Niagara for VFX
• Interest in improving team workflows and pipeline efficiency

Benefits

We are nDreams – we develop and publish the world’s most immersive VR games. You may know us as the team behind Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, Synapse, Phantom: Covert Ops, Fracked, and the recently released FRENZIES. With humble beginnings as an independent studio, we combine amazing projects and considerable scale with a personal, caring touch.

We believe the best workplaces and games are created by diverse, happy and safe teams. We're committed to building a culture centred on respect, wellbeing and balance. It's crucial we make our games and industry more accessible to underrepresented communities. We strive to live this through the people we hire, the experiences we create and the causes we support.

We want everyone to have the opportunity to bring their best, authentic self to work. Please let us know if you require reasonable adjustments during the interview process by emailing interviewing@ndreams.com or speaking to your nDreams recruiter. For more information about reasonable adjustments, check out this guidance from Scope.

We offer great perks, including flexible hours, duvets days, your birthday off, dedicated personal development time and support, as well as regular socials. Beyond this, there’s an excellent holiday offering, pension scheme, health insurance, life cover and much more.