Senior Shader Technical Artist

The role

A Senior Shader Technical Artist will develop and maintain a shader pipeline to serve multiple disciplines. You will craft and optimize shaders using Unreal Engine and HLSL/GLSL/CG code to support player-driven experiences.

What you will do

• Craft and optimize shader/master materials using Unreal Engine node-based shader graph and HLSL/GLSL/CG shader code.
• Collaborate with development teams to establish and uphold artistic and technical shader standards.
• Drive development of innovative approaches to address technical and creative challenges.
• Create shaders, shading validation tools, and define shading standards.
• Provide technical support to identify and resolve inefficient content pipelines.
• Conduct performance profiling and optimize shaders to maintain frame rates.
• Create documentation, examples, and reusable best practices for distributed teams.
• Work with Art, Engineering, Design, Animation, and Lighting to solve production problems.
• Evaluate workflows and identify technical risks or production bottlenecks.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience or at least one shipped title in a Technical Art role.
• Proficiency in creating stylized and PBR shaders using node-based shader editors, tiled layered material systems, shader networks, procedural texturing, and HLSL code.
• Strong understanding of the technical foundations behind textures and shaders in a physically-based rendering pipeline.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate across disciplines.
• Familiarity with UE5, Substance Designer, Substance Painter, Photoshop, modeling, baking, and texturing.

Nice to have

• Experience in Unreal Engine’s node-based shader graph.
• Strong understanding of console, PC, and mobile platforms, and how to scale shaders to optimize for each.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage
• 14 paid holidays per calendar year
• paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company’s discretionary time off program
• up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year
• paid parental and compassionate leave
• wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support
• family planning support through Maven
• commuter benefits
• reimbursements for fitness-related expenses
• 401(K) plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Program

About the company

31stunion is a diverse team of developers driven by a passion for art and a culture of inclusivity to build games.