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Cinnamon

Technical Artist (VFX / Shaders)

Atlanta, GA · On-site

$122K - $146K/yr

Role DescriptionThe Technical Artist (VFX / Shaders) is a full-time hybrid role based in Atlanta ... Experience with game development workflows and engines (e.g., Unity, Unreal) for interactive ...

Crossroads Church

Technical Artist

Cincinnati, OH · On-site

$121K - $145K/yr

Job Summary This role works under the direction of the Lead Technical Artist and in close ... Unity * Stage Precision * Cinema 4D * Maya * Vectorworks * Adobe Creative Suite Physical ...

Crossroads Church

Technical Artist

Cincinnati, OH · On-site

$121K - $145K/yr

Job Summary This role works under the direction of the Lead Technical Artist and in close ... Unity * Stage Precision * Cinema 4D * Maya * Vectorworks * Adobe Creative Suite Physical ...

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Senior Technical Artist

Fort Lauderdale, FL

$121K - $145K/yr

As our projects continue to grow in scale and technical ambition, we're looking for a Senior Technical Artist to help drive performance and visual quality on a large-scale open world title. This is a ...

Lightspeed Studios

Technical Artist

Irvine, CA · On-site

$62K - $131K/yr

What the Role Entails This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate Senior Technical Artist to join our in-house team at Lightspeed LA and contribute to the creation of world ...

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Hardsuit Labs

Technical Artist (Mid - Senior)

Seattle, WA · On-site +1

$144K - $173K/yr

Role Overview We are seeking a talented and versatile Mid to Senior Technical Artist to bridge the gap between our artistic vision and technical execution. In this role, you will collaborate closely ...

Hardsuit Labs

Technical Artist (Mid - Senior)

Seattle, WA · Remote

$130K - $155K/yr

Role Overview We are seeking a talented and versatile Mid to Senior Technical Artist to bridge the gap between our artistic vision and technical execution. In this role, you will collaborate closely ...

Makeshift Software

Senior Technical Artist

Columbus, OH · On-site

$118K - $142K/yr

Profile and optimize GPU performance using the Unity Profiler , identifying and resolving bottlenecks across shading, overdraw, and draw calls * Collaborate closely with combat designers, artists ...

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Epic Games

Senior Technical Artist

Cary, NC · On-site

$117K - $140K/yr

What You'll Do Epic is looking for a Senior Tech Artist to join our team working on Fortnite Events ... more technical aspects of creating art. In this role, you will * Create complex materials for ...

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Senior Technical Artist

Fort Lauderdale, FL · Remote

$130K - $155K/yr

As our projects continue to grow in scale and technical ambition, we're looking for a Senior Technical Artist to help drive performance and visual quality on a large-scale open world title. This is a ...

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As of Sep 13, 2026, the average yearly pay for senior unity technical artist in the United States is $138,713.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $127,000.00 and $152,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a Senior Unity Technical Artist?

A Senior Unity Technical Artist is a specialized professional who bridges the gap between artists and programmers in game development, primarily using the Unity engine. They create, optimize, and implement visual assets and effects while ensuring that the final product is both visually appealing and runs efficiently on target platforms. Their responsibilities often include developing shaders, optimizing art pipelines, troubleshooting performance issues, and mentoring junior team members. Senior Unity Technical Artists play a critical role in maintaining high visual standards without compromising performance.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Senior Unity Technical Artist?

To thrive as a Senior Unity Technical Artist, you need advanced expertise in 3D modeling, shading, texturing, and a deep understanding of Unity’s rendering pipeline, often supported by a degree in art, computer graphics, or a related field. Proficiency with Unity, scripting languages (such as C#), and tools like Maya, Blender, or Substance Painter is typically required. Strong problem-solving ability, collaboration, and effective communication are essential soft skills that help bridge creative and technical teams. These skills ensure visually impressive, technically optimized assets that enhance gameplay and performance across projects.

How does a Senior Unity Technical Artist typically collaborate with other team members during game development?

As a Senior Unity Technical Artist, collaboration is central to daily work. You'll frequently bridge the gap between artists and programmers, ensuring that visual assets are optimized and integrated smoothly within the Unity engine. This involves working closely with designers to understand creative goals, assisting engineers with shader development or performance issues, and guiding junior artists on best practices for asset creation. Regular communication and problem-solving are key, as you help translate artistic vision into technically feasible solutions that meet performance standards.

What is the difference between Senior Unity Technical Artist vs Unity Technical Artist?

AspectSenior Unity Technical ArtistUnity Technical Artist
CredentialsTypically requires 5+ years experience, advanced Unity certifications, and a strong portfolioUsually 2-4 years experience, relevant Unity certifications, and portfolio
Work EnvironmentLeads technical art tasks, mentors junior staff, and collaborates on complex projectsSupports art teams, implements shaders, and optimizes assets within Unity
Industry UsageCommon in AAA and large-scale game studios, often in senior or lead rolesFound across indie, mobile, and mid-sized studios as a technical specialist

The main difference is experience level and responsibility. Senior Unity Technical Artists lead technical art efforts and mentor others, while Unity Technical Artists focus on supporting art teams with technical solutions. Both roles require strong Unity skills, but the senior position involves more leadership and complex project involvement.

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Senior Technical Artist - UE5

Beverly Hills, CA • On-site, Remote

Snail Games USA
Software Development • 51 - 200 employees
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$100K - $150K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 11 days ago

Job description

Senior Technical Artist - UE5
Job Type: Full-TimeLocation: Remote - Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Missouri, New Jersey, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming (Los Angeles area preferred)
About Snail Games USA
Snail Games strives to create a new high bar for gameplay experiences in online gaming. We have been a global developer and publisher of digital entertainment since 2009 and are committed to pushing the boundaries of the industry.
About the Role
Snail Games USA is seeking a Senior Technical Artist to join our Art Center and provide hands-on technical art support across multiple Unreal Engine projects.
This is a broad, production-focused Technical Artist role that sits at the intersection of art and engineering. You'll partner with artists, engineers, designers, and other disciplines to solve technical challenges, improve workflows, optimize game content, and help teams deliver high-quality visuals efficiently.
We are open to Technical Artists with different areas of specialization. Your strengths may be in rendering and shaders, tools and pipelines, environment workflows, character pipelines, VFX, procedural content, optimization, asset integration, or other areas of technical art. The exact focus of the role may evolve based on project and production needs.
The ideal candidate has strong technical-art fundamentals, deep hands-on Unreal Engine experience, and the ability to independently investigate ambiguous problems and turn them into practical, scalable solutions.
Responsibilities
  • Provide hands-on technical art support across multiple Unreal Engine projects and production teams.
  • Partner with Art and Engineering to develop technical solutions that balance visual quality, performance, and production efficiency.
  • Investigate and resolve technical, visual, performance, workflow, and asset-integration issues.
  • Develop, maintain, and improve tools, pipelines, systems, and workflows for artists.
  • Support the integration and implementation of environments, characters, materials, textures, VFX, animation, lighting, and other game content as needed.
  • Profile and optimize game content for rendering performance, memory usage, scalability, and platform requirements.
  • Develop or optimize materials, shaders, and rendering workflows where applicable.
  • Establish and maintain practical technical standards for assets, materials, textures, meshes, LODs, collision, naming, and project organization.
  • Build reusable tools and automation that reduce repetitive work and improve artist efficiency.
  • Support procedural or data-driven workflows where appropriate.
  • Work directly with artists to troubleshoot technical issues and improve content pipelines.
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Design, Animation, VFX, Lighting, and other disciplines to solve cross-functional production challenges.
  • Identify technical risks, workflow inefficiencies, and production bottlenecks before they become larger problems.
  • Review assets and implementation for technical quality, consistency, scalability, and runtime performance.
  • Create documentation, examples, templates, and reusable best practices for distributed development teams.
  • Adapt to different technical-art challenges as project priorities and production requirements evolve.
  • Take ownership of technical-art problems from investigation and prototyping through implementation, testing, and validation.

Minimum Requirements
  • Professional Technical Artist experience in game development.
  • Strong hands-on Unreal Engine experience, preferably UE5.
  • Strong understanding of real-time game art pipelines and technical-art production.
  • Demonstrated expertise in one or more technical-art disciplines, such as:
    • Rendering, materials, or shaders
    • Tools and pipeline development
    • Environment or world-building pipelines
    • Character or animation pipelines
    • VFX or lighting workflows
    • Procedural content creation
    • Performance optimization
    • Asset integration and production workflows
  • Experience profiling, troubleshooting, and optimizing real-time game content.
  • Strong understanding of game asset pipelines including meshes, textures, materials, LODs, collision, and asset organization.
  • Experience integrating and debugging production assets in-engine.
  • Ability to solve problems that span both artistic and technical concerns.
  • Ability to independently investigate unfamiliar problems and develop practical solutions.
  • Strong communication and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills.
  • Ability to balance visual quality, production efficiency, technical constraints, and runtime performance.

Nice to Have
  • Python scripting, automation, or pipeline development experience.
  • Unreal Blueprint experience.
  • HLSL or custom shader development experience.
  • Experience with procedural tools such as Houdini.
  • Experience with Maya, Blender, Substance, or other DCC tools and pipeline integration.
  • Experience with environment, character, animation, vegetation, VFX, lighting, or procedural content pipelines.
  • Experience building reusable tools, plugins, utilities, or workflows for artists.
  • Experience with profiling and optimization tools in Unreal Engine.
  • Experience developing content for PC and/or console platforms.
  • Experience shipping games using Unreal Engine.
  • Experience supporting multiple projects, teams, or disciplines simultaneously.

Salary Range
$100,000-$150,000 annually
Compensation within the range will depend on experience, technical breadth, demonstrated production ownership, and location.
Why Join the Snail Games USA Team?
  • True focus on work/life balance
  • Paid company holidays, vacation, and separate sick leave
  • Medical, dental, vision, and Life/LTD
  • 401k with company match

Work Authorization
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Additional Information
As part of the Company's activities in video game development, publishing, and short-form video content creation, certain projects, discussions, or creative materials may include themes, visuals, language, or subject matter that some individuals could find mature, violent, sexual, graphic, or otherwise sensitive in nature ("Mature Content").
Examples may include, but are not limited to, depictions or descriptions of combat, violence, adult themes or relationships, suggestive or satirical humor, or strong language. Employees are expected to engage with such material in a professional and creative context as part of their job duties.

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