Principal Technical Artist
Seniority Level: Mid-Senior
Location: Long Beach, CA. or US Remote
About the role and about You:
Zwift is on the search for a talented & experienced Principal Technical Artist to help bring gameplay visuals and player experiences to the next level. You will have a strong track record of upgrading game visuals through technical optimizations, tool creation, and pipeline improvements across mobile, console & PC. You are a highly collaborative partner to artists and engineers, as well as a gifted teacher, able to train new team members and evangelize new technologies.
What you’ll do:
- Partner with the Art Director, Design Director & Engineering leads to create tools & improve graphics quality & performance
- Hands-on creation of art tools & pipelines, as well as maintaining & upgrading these tools
- Collaborate with third party teams to co-develop components of the art pipeline
- Partner with Producers, PMs & UX designers to ensure accurate scoping, scheduling, and on-time deliveries
What we’re looking for:
- 7+ years experience as a technical artist, with multiple shipped titles on PC, console & mobile
- 5+ years working on live games
- Hands-on experience developing art tools and optimizing asset pipelines for multiple graphics engines
- Expert knowledge of one or more world-building editors (e.g., Unity, Unreal, home-grown)
- Experience partnering with development outsource teams, co-creating tools
- Expert knowledge of Maya (including scripting & shader setup), Adobe Suite, and other commonly used game art tools
- A diplomatic & inclusive leadership style with a cross-discipline approach to problem-solving
- Comfortable with ambiguity, a lightning-fast pace, and a high degree of ownership
- Finalists will be required to provide work samples and complete an assignment
Bonus points:
- Experience working with a wide variety of game platforms, controllers, and interactive hardware components
- Interest in creating fun experiences for cycling, running, and overall fitness
How to stand out among the rest:
Your resume/CV is enough to show off your skills, accomplishments, and experience. However, if you choose to include a cover letter introducing us to your awesome personality, we will read that too.
Values:
Of course, we are nothing without our values. Our values ground us. They ensure we run and build a company where people love to work, feel like they are welcomed, included, and belong. Only then can they thrive and do their best work. The values we strive to live every day are:
- Make It Fun
- Elevate Teammates
- Cultivate Our Community
- Always Level Up
- One Zwift for All
We strongly believe that different backgrounds and ideas are a competitive advantage; we hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status. Zwift is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by emailing [email protected].
Zwift, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.