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Kforce has a client in search of an Environment Technical Artist III in Redmond, WA.
Overview:
A renowned game studio currently working on AAA title is looking for a Technical Artist who will support and work with the environment art team in proving and defining visual quality. This position requires a candidate with a high amount of technical experience or computer science background.
You should have a strong technical understanding of lighting, rendering, and shading in a modern game engine. The candidate will be developing a wide array of real time shaders and will write tools code in Python or C# and engine code in C. The position will be challenged with interesting problems spaces and you should be comfortable switching contexts between art and code. You will balance the concerns and shifting priorities of both the art team and the engineering team daily. This role will be key in developing the visual quality of the game and pushing towards to the next step in fidelity. Strong collaboration, self-management and communication skills are essential as this role will be involve working closely with a diverse and highly experienced team.
Duties:
Read, understand, communicate and when required implement rendering and game engine features
Work with tools developers to augment and enhance content creation and level tools
Shader development and debugging in hlsl and node-based systems
Tools and Pipeline development/debugging in python, C# or C
Ensure levels and content are meeting memory and performance targets using pix or renderdoc
Analyze and improve visual quality in all areas of Environment Art
REQUIREMENTS:
7+ years of professional development experience on PC and consoles
Shipped multiple AAA games on consoles and PC
Eye for composition, form, light, shade, color and detail
Deep knowledge of art production pipelines, workflows, and DCC packages
Highly skilled with C, C#, hlsl, python
Deep knowledge of game rendering, lighting, and shading
Highly Experienced developing for Autodesk Maya and Houdini
Experience with performance and optimization across multiple platforms
Extensive experience with large game engines such as UE4, CryEngine or Unity
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
