WHAT MAKES US EPIC?
At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
ART
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
Epic Games is looking for a Senior Technical Artist to join our team working on LEGO Fortnite. This person will create tools in the engine to enhance workflow efficiency, capture performance data, conduct analysis, and generate improvement plans. Key challenges will be around keeping the right balance between visual fidelity and performance/memory cost on all platforms, showcasing our games at the highest quality and setting the bar in the industry.
In this role, you will
- Provide guidelines and develop tools directly in UE5 to enhance workflow efficiency
- Communicate optimization plans to multiple teams, define priorities and plan of execution
- Use Unreal Engine 5 profiling tools and others like Renderdoc, LLGD
- Raise the quality bar on low-end platforms through optimization plans and best practices
What we're looking for
- Experience working on AAA games for console, PC, and/or Switch and mobile
- Experience in several of these pillars: profiling, scripting, optimization, procedural workflow
- Strong understanding of real-time rendering best practices in a PBR environment
- Strong collaborative nature to partner with artists and programmers
- Knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 and node-based logic like Blueprints
- Capturing performance data, conducting analysis, and generating improvement requests
- The ability to adapt to and innovate with new technologies
Nice to have skills
- Knowledge of Python and/or C++
- Experience shipping games on Switch and/or mobile
- Experience working on a fast-paced live service game
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
$160,429 — $235,296 CAD
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!
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