Epic Games

Senior Technical Artist, World and Content Creation

Epic Games$145K — $213K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in world-building or content creation as a Senior Technical Artist or equivalent
  • Subject matter expertise in 3D modeling, geometry scripting, and procedural content generation
  • Proficiency in Unreal Engine's Procedural Content Generation Framework and tools like Houdini, Maya, 3ds Max, or Blender
  • Ability to balance user needs with product strategy and roadmap management
  • Hands-on experience driving product initiatives from development to release
  • Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across multiple teams

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop innovative world-building and content creation tools in Unreal Engine
  • Collaborate with Programming and UX teams to create effective workflows
  • Prototype, demo, and refine tools to ensure they meet industry standards
  • Lead product initiatives with minimal oversight
  • Engage with production teams and external users to gather requirements
  • Leverage expertise to influence product direction and manage the roadmap
  • Partner with marketing and sales to communicate the value of solutions produced

Benefits

  • 100% coverage for employee and dependent benefits
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Access to mental health resources, including therapy and coaching
  • Life and long-term disability insurance
  • Retirement savings plan with competitive employer match
  • Employee assistance program (EAP) for additional support
Full Job Description
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What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.
What You'll Do

Join the industry-leading Unreal Engine team as a Senior Technical Artist and help shape the future of the world and content creation. You'll work hands-on across the full development cycle from procedural content generation to world partition streaming, modeling, and terrain tools to define what best-in-class tools look like for creators across all platforms.
In this role, you will
  • Contribute to the design and iterative development of world building and content creation tools in Unreal Engine
  • Partner with Programming and UX teams to design workflows and build applicable solutions
  • Ensure tools are best-in-class by creating prototypes, demos, and examples, and providing ongoing feedback
  • Drive product initiatives with minimal direction
  • Engage with internal Epic Games production teams and external users to understand their needs and requirements
  • Apply subject matter expertise to influence product deliverables and manage the product roadmap
  • Collaborate with marketing and sales teams to articulate the problems you're solving and the value delivered to users
What we're looking for
  • Experience in world-building and/or content creation (as a Senior Technical Artist or equivalent), working alongside strong programming teams
  • Subject matter expertise in environment and asset production, 3D modeling, geometry scripting, and procedural content generation
  • Experience with Unreal's Procedural Content Generation (PCG) Framework, Houdini, Maya, 3ds Max, or Blender
  • Ability to represent user needs and think across near-term (tactics) and long-term (strategy) product goals
  • Experience driving product initiatives and seeing features through from development to productization
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to manage complex tasks, adapt to shifting scope, and work across cross-functional teams
  • Scripting experience or strong technical fundamentals
  • Artistic skills or a strong eye for evaluating artistic work
  • Experience with Unreal Engine, Unity, or a proprietary game engine is a plus
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.
Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren't limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic's generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

British Columbia Base Pay Range

$145,844-$213,905 CAD

About Epic Games

Epic Games is a video game development company that is best known for creating the popular game Fortnite. The company was founded in 1991 by Tim Sweeney and is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina. Epic Games has developed a number of other successful games, including the Unreal series and Gears of War. The company is also known for its Unreal Engine, a game engine that is used by many other game developers. Epic Games is committed to advancing the state of the art in game development and creating innovative and engaging experiences for players.
Learn more about Epic Games
Size
2,700 employees
Industry
Founded
1991

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