Senior Technical Artist - Gaming

As a Senior Technical Artist at ChainScript Labs, you will play a crucial role in bridging art and engineering to create visually stunning game experiences. Your expertise will be essential in optimizing shaders, materials, VFX, lighting, rendering, and overall game performance. Additionally, you will support the art pipeline through technical solutions, tools development, and debugging, ensuring high standards for asset quality and PBR workflows. Here are the key responsibilities: - Create, optimize, and implement shaders and materials - Build rigging, animation, and workflow tools for production - Develop high-quality VFX using Niagara - Optimize lighting, rendering, and overall game performance - Support artists with technical solutions, tools, and debugging - Maintain high standards for PBR workflows and asset quality - Assist with Unreal Engine level design, performance, and optimization - Document processes and ensure efficient, scalable pipelines To excel in this role, you should meet the following qualifications: - 4-5 years of experience as a Technical Artist in gaming - Expert-level proficiency in Unreal Engine - Strong understanding of performance and optimization workflows - Hands-on experience with Niagara, shaders, and materials - Ability to develop tools for rigging, animation, or pipeline automation - Experience with lighting, rendering, and real-time graphics workflows - Strong problem-solving, debugging, and scripting mindset Preferred qualifications include experience with automation tools and Blueprints, familiarity with performance profiling tools, and understanding of advanced rendering techniques and real-time pipelines.,