We are Fatshark

We are a critically acclaimed Swedish game development studio with about 180 experienced and skilled employees. We are most well-known for developing the Warhammer: Vermintide franchise, but have also helped develop a number of AAA titles and we launched the highly anticipated game Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.

We have grown quite a bit over the last few years and are almost two-hundred “Sharks” now, but we still embrace the same values that we started with. Come into our world, a world known for our crazy internally designed socks, hackweeks, and Friday afternoons for studio-wide “social play” time. It all adds up to an approachable, fun, passion-driven yet communal environment for us to work in.

The role

We're looking for a highly skilled and experienced VFX Artist to join our team and help us bring our gameplay and levels to life with high-quality visual flair.

You will work closely with all departments to ensure that the quality and performance goals are met and be a part of a highly motivated and talented team. As a VFX artist at Fatshark, you are driven, curious, creative and flexible to meet deadlines.

At Fatshark all members of the team are involved in the decision making. We are a small enough team to be agile, but big enough to realize great ideas together. Collaboration is key in this highly creative environment. Working in a field where art, design, gameplay and sound come together, feedback and teamwork skills are crucial in your daily work.

What we offer

Here at Fatshark, we do what we love most: design high-profile games for PCs and consoles. We offer you:

A playful, friendly and inclusive work place
Hands-on production environment with an emphasis on cooperative/multiplayer games
Opportunities for personal growth with varied projects, experienced co-workers and recurring hack weeks/days
Developing games with our own engine - Stingray
Regulated flex time and paid overtime
Occupational pension
Health benefits and health check ups
Bonus program
Dog friendly office located in central Stockholm

What you'll do

Create materials and real-time visual effects for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Bring life and excitement to the game through your design and implementation of compelling realistic visual effects
Coordinate with Art, Sound, Level & Game Design to ensure VFX match the quality bar and vision for the game
Author appropriate textures, models and other assets for brining VFX in the game to life
Design, take ownership and maintain interdisciplinary VFX systems, such as material hit effects and more
Help to improve technical pipelines and VFX creation techniques/tools

Required qualifications

More than 3 years of work experience within real-time Visual Effects
A keen graphical eye with a sense for details and timing
Strong understanding of particle systems
Game engine experience in Unreal, Unity or similar
Team player with strong communication skills
Ability to meet deadlines and handle multiple tasks
Versatility, independence and a sense of initiative

Bonus qualifications

Experience in Houdini, Embergen or similar software
Experience with non node graph based shader authoring
Shipped at least 1 AAA or equivalent game
Development of cooperative games
A background in gaming
Strong Warhammer interest

Application details

We are following the policy of working 4 days in the office per week, with 1 day option to work from home. The onboarding is being done fully in the office.

We look forward to review applications and will be interviewing candidates continuously until the position has been filled.

Location: Stockholm (on-site)
Start: ASAP
Form of Employment: permanent, full-time

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