Avalanche Studios Group and its creative division Avalanche Studios are looking for a Senior Technical Artist to join a top-tier, experienced team and help craft cutting edge AAA open-world games. Avalanche Studios is the division dedicated to ambitious, externally published, AAA open-world games like the Just Cause series, Mad Max, and Rage 2.
As Senior Technical Artist you will being your experience of rendering pipelines to bear on the development of high-profile projects. You’ll be working with a team of talented and experienced game developers, who have worked on numerous best-selling and critically acclaimed titles. As a key part of the team, you will contribute on many levels of the technical art side in general, with a focus in realtime rendering features.
You will work with the Art and Technical Directors to help manage, research, and evolve the art content creation pipelines and act as a liaison between the artists and programmers.
The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role…
Shipped one or more AAA titles or high-profile products
Ability to work in ambiguous situations and can flag risks as early as possible
Strong knowledge of current 3D rendering principles and shaders
Solid understanding of PBR and HDR content and rendering pipelines
Comprehensive knowledge of 3D content creation software including Maya and Substance
Strong competency with architecting and developing tools and pipelines for artists
Ability to communicate effectively with artists, designers, engineers, and other members of the development team
Bonus points if you have…
Knowledge and experience using C++, Python
Experience with Houdini and procedural pipelines
Experience working with and knowledge of current generation console
Perks and benefits include…
A true work-life balance
Health initiatives including massages and meditation during work hours
Variety of sporting activities like football, basketball, yoga, badminton, and running
Morning fikas, after-works and regular events like movie and board game nights
Clear career paths and development plans
Avalanche Studios believe that everyone has a role to play and can contribute to the games they create, they embrace the differences in their team and provide goals instead of singular instructions. The studio trusts the judgment of their devs and, in the ability of their individual devs to shape the way they create, collaborate, and communicate inside and outside of the studio.
Avalanche value transparency and make sure objectives, strategies, and goals to be visible to everyone. They also conduct weekly surveys to find out what’s going well and what needs to improve as at Avalanche every voice matters.
