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Lead Technical Artist

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Job Summary

Lead a distributed team of Technical Artists, bridging art and engineering to deliver scalable, high-performance shader and material workflows. Partner with rendering engineers and art directors to define material standards and best practices across PC, console, mobile, and cloud. Own performance metrics for materials, geometry, lighting, and VFX, and collaborate on research and tools that improve rendering techniques and streamline content creation.

Location: Dublin

Workplace: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Lead and mentor a team of Technical Artists with direction, feedback, and support for growth.
•Collaborate with rendering engineers to build scalable, performant shader solutions across PC, console, mobile, and cloud.
•Define material standards, documentation, and best practices for global art teams.
•Own performance metrics for materials, geometry, lighting, and visual effects to meet frame-rate and memory targets.
•Collaborate with Art and Engineering on research, workflows, tools, and technologies to improve rendering and streamline content creation.

Key Requirements

•Extensive track record shipping high-quality titles in a lead or senior capacity.
•Demonstrated success leading, mentoring, and scaling technical art teams.
•Deep understanding of Unreal Engine and the BP system (Blueprints).
•Extensive experience with dynamic lighting workflows and PBR materials.
•Strong shader creation knowledge via node graphs, HLSL, or GL, plus intermediate Python and C++ skills.

Experience:Video games

Skills:MentoringLeadershipCommunication

Languages:English

Tech Stack:Unreal EngineBPBlueprintsPBRShader creationNode graphHLSLGLPythonC++

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