As Technical Artist you are the central point of realizing art in the engine. You are well versed with Unreal Engine 5 and know how to work with the engine’s multiple tools to create systems, content, and a smooth pipeline for all other departments. Your knowledge about this major production tool helps you and your team to achieve structure, stable performance as well as visual quality.

• Primarily work within UE5 in Blueprint or C++
• Be a key position in our game development process by aligning the requirements from our Tech and Game Design departments with the visual goals of the project. 
• Work on materials and shaders.
• Implement animation graphs and rigs.
• Create high-quality user interfaces. 
• Maintain and improve efficient asset pipelines and support our artists by creating useful tools and helping them deal with technical requirements inside and outside of the engine.
• Set up lighting inside the engine.
• Create worlds and assets with procedural tools.
• Create versatile visual effects for environments, skills, and user feedback.
• Work with profilers for PC and consoles to identify performance bottlenecks 
• Find creative solutions to optimize runtime performance without sacrificing visual quality. 
• Work on awesome titles for various platforms. 
• Work with a competent, passionate team of developers.

• Good understanding of how game engines work and how to utilize them to achieve the intended visuals and work with the systems to create an optimized result. 
• Great knowledge about computer graphics and how rendering and optimization works in an engine. 
• Great knowledge about how shaders and materials work and the ability to create your own. 
• A great artistic skill set, extensive knowledge of colors, form language, layouts, contrasts, movement, and lighting. You also carry a clear understanding of the essence of the art style.
• The ability to plan pipelines, prepare solid documentation and properly communicate them to your team. 
• Basic knowledge in 3D modeling/animation software - we primarily use Blender.
• Basic skills in Photoshop. 

• Self-motivated, self-directed and reliable.
• Experienced with efficient art and tech workflows, tools & development processes from planning up to the final product.
• Able to adapt to different situations and able to use your creativity and knowledge to come up with solid solutions. 
• Eager to learn/research multiple new tools. 
• Able to gather, analyze, and act on feedback from the team, openness to critique. 
• Confident with English communication, both verbally and in writing (company language)
• Happy to work in our team in Munich (Germany).

• Experience in working on user interfaces 
• Experience with sound production and integration
• Experience in console development
• Worked with procedural tools such as Houdini or World Machine 
• In-depth knowledge about post-processing and lighting 
• One of the following backgrounds: 
  • As an artist 
  • As a programmer 
  • As a designer 
• Knowledge of project management (agile, scrum) 
• Experience with versioning systems like Perforce or GIT 
• Motivation to learn German

• A great motivated, passionate and ambitious team of over 100 people in Munich
• A secure job in an up-coming industry with a bright future
• 38-hour week
• We pay for your train / public transport ticket and a subsidy for lunch
• Flexible remote working time models by arrangement 
• Relocation support if needed
• Free drinks like softdrinks, coffee, tea and a weekly fresh organic fruit basket
• A super awesome, modern and unique office located 10 minutes from the central station
• Acceptance of your private parcels at the office 
• You also get a credit card from us, which we top up with 44€ per month
• We offer the possibility of a company pension scheme
• Company-based events for knowledge transfer, fun and recreation