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Staff AI VFX Engineer

Seattle, WA

Experience with real-time rendering (Unreal Engine, virtual production stages, LED volumes ... Custom-trained generative AI for VFX productiondoesn'thave a playbook yet.You'rewriting it. * Adobe ...

Adobe

Staff AI VFX Engineer

San Jose, CA · On-site

Experience with real-time rendering (Unreal Engine, virtual production stages, LED volumes ... Custom-trained generative AI for VFX productiondoesn'thave a playbook yet.You'rewriting it. * Adobe ...

Adobe, Inc.

Staff AI VFX Engineer

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

Experience with real-time rendering (Unreal Engine, virtual production stages, LED volumes ... Custom-trained generative AI for VFX production doesn't have a playbook yet. You're writing it.

teamLFG

Senior Game Engineer - Graphics

$160K - $240K/yr

... in Unreal Engine 5. Most importantly, you will work with a fun, dedicated, and cross-discipline ... shaders, VFX workflows, post-process effects, camera techniques, and other expressive visual ...

Tamus

Technical Operator II

College Station, TX · On-site

Support real-time engines (e.g., Unreal Engine) during prep, rehearsals, and live shoots. * Coordinates with DPs, VFX supervisors, virtual art departments, and stage managers. * May support load-ins ...

AGBO

Pipeline Software Engineer

Los Angeles, CA · On-site

$130K - $140K/yr

... Development, VFX, Visualization, and Production teams under the direction of the Pipeline ... Unreal Engine, Maya, Blender, Houdini, Nuke, Fusion, Adobe CC, Resolve, Shotgrid Toolkit * Extend ...

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How much do unreal engine vfx jobs pay per hour?

As of Jun 9, 2026, the average hourly pay for unreal engine vfx in the United States is $15.80, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $14.42 and $17.31 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as an Unreal Engine VFX Artist, and why are they important?

To thrive as an Unreal Engine VFX Artist, you need a solid background in computer graphics, visual effects principles, and proficiency with Unreal Engine, often supported by a degree in art, animation, or a related field. Expertise in using Unreal Engine's Niagara or Cascade systems, as well as familiarity with 3D modeling and texturing tools like Maya, Houdini, or Substance Painter, is typically required. Creativity, attention to detail, and strong collaboration skills are essential soft skills for designing compelling effects and working effectively within multidisciplinary teams. These skills are crucial for producing high-quality visual effects that enhance the realism and immersion of interactive experiences.

What are some common challenges faced by Unreal Engine VFX artists when integrating visual effects into game environments?

Unreal Engine VFX artists often encounter challenges balancing visual fidelity with real-time performance, especially when working on complex particle systems or dynamic effects. Ensuring that effects look impressive without causing frame rate drops requires careful optimization and frequent collaboration with programmers and environment artists. Additionally, VFX artists need to adapt their work to different lighting conditions and asset styles within the game, which can involve revising or customizing effects for various scenarios. Staying up-to-date with the latest Unreal Engine updates and tools is also key to overcoming technical hurdles and maintaining workflow efficiency.

What are Unreal Engine VFX artists?

Unreal Engine VFX artists are professionals who design and implement visual effects using Unreal Engine, a popular real-time 3D creation tool. They create effects like explosions, fire, smoke, magical spells, and environmental effects to enhance video games, films, and other digital experiences. These artists use a combination of technical skills and artistic creativity, often working closely with other developers and designers to ensure the effects integrate seamlessly into the project. Their work helps bring immersive and visually stunning experiences to life.

What is the difference between Unreal Engine Vfx vs 3D Environment Artist?

AspectUnreal Engine Vfx3D Environment Artist
Required SkillsParticle systems, visual effects, Unreal Engine proficiencyModeling, texturing, environment design
Work EnvironmentGame/film engines, real-time rendering3D modeling software, game engines
Industry UsageGame development, virtual production, filmGame design, cinematic environments

Unreal Engine Vfx specialists focus on creating real-time visual effects within Unreal Engine, emphasizing particle effects and dynamic visuals. In contrast, 3D Environment Artists design detailed environments and assets, often using modeling software and integrating them into game engines. Both roles require a strong understanding of 3D workflows but differ in their core focus: effects versus environment creation.

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Staff AI VFX Engineer

Staff AI VFX Engineer

Adobe

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Posted 8 days ago

Job description

The Opportunity

As AI rapidly transforms creative industries, professional production workflows must evolve alongside it. AtFirefly Foundry,we'releading an industry-first initiative to define how generative AI integrates into high-end visual effects for feature films and episodic content. Amajor franchise holderdoesn'tget a genericmodel;they get a model that knowstheircharacters, environments, and visual style, integrated directly into production-grade tools.

Generative AI has limited practical application in VFX pipelines with real world production challenges. The true breakthrough will come from achieving production-grade quality, deeply integrating with existing DCC tools, andestablishingAI as a new, fully realized field within visual effects.That'sexactly whatwe'rebuilding. At Firefly Foundry, we approach this work with a deep respect for the artistry and craft of VFX. Our mission is grounded in empowering artists while ensuring the responsible and commercially safe use of AI in production environments.

We'relooking for pioneers who want to help define what AI-driven VFX looks like at the highest level.You'llwork directly with studios, VFX houses, and creative leadership to take Firefly Foundry from pilot to production-scale deployment.

WhatYou'llDo

  • Build andvalidateAI-driven VFX workflows:Design end-to-end pipelines that integrate Firefly Foundry's custom-trained diffusion and video models into compositing, look-dev,previs, and virtual production.You'llwrite working prototypes,not slide deckstoprove outnew approacheswith real shot data.

  • Solve hard production problems:Tackle the issues thatblockadoption: temporal coherence across shot sequences,maintainingart-directable control over generated elements, matching on-set lighting and lens characteristics, and hitting the fidelity bar that supervisors demand.

  • Own the integration surface:Define how Firefly Foundry models plug into Nuke, Houdini, Maya, After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Substance 3D. Design the APIs, node graphs, and plugin architectures that make AI-generated assets first-class citizens in existing pipelines,including USD/OpenEXR/ACES-compliant outputs.

  • Shape the product from the production floor:Translate what you learn from studio engagements into concrete product requirements for the Firefly and Firefly Foundry engineering teams.You'rethe bridge between what a VFX supervisor needs at 2 AM during a color session and what our model architecture can deliver.

  • Implement and prototypemulti-modal model orchestration:Firefly Foundrydoesn'tship a single model. Itshipsa coordinated stack of image, video, animation, and 3D generation models that need to work together. You'll design the orchestration layer: how a character generated in the image model maintains identity when animated by thevideo model; how texture maps generated for Substance 3Dstayconsistent with hero shots generated in the image pipeline; how style transfer models constrain the output space to a franchise's visual language across all modalities.

  • Engage studio and VFX leadership:Present to CTOs, VFX supervisors, and heads of production. Run technical deep-dives and creative workshops.You'llneed to be as credible talking to a Nuke compositor as you are in a boardroom with studio executives.

  • Codify repeatable playbooks:Document reference architectures, prompt engineering strategies for VFX use cases, quality evaluation pipelines, and deploymentpatternsso the next studio engagementdoesn'tstart from scratch.

Required

  • 5 - 10+ years in VFX engineering, pipeline TD, or tools development with shipped credits in film, episodic, or AAA gaming.

  • Deep fluency in production VFX workflows: compositing (Nuke), 3D (Maya/Houdini), rendering, look-dev,previs/postvis, editorial handoff, and review (Shotgrid, Frame.io, or equivalent).

  • Working knowledge of generative AI fundamentalse.g.diffusionmodels,LoRA/fine-tuning, ControlNet-style conditioning, prompt engineering, andevaluationmetrics (FID, CLIP, perceptual loss). Youdon'tneed to have trained a model from scratch, but you need to understandwhat'shappening under the hood well enough to debug workflow failures.

  • Proficiencyin Python and at least one of C++, Rust, or TypeScript. Comfortable writing production-quality code, not just scripts.

  • Familiarity with VFX data standards:OpenEXR, ACES, USD, Alembic,OpenColorIO.

  • Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical studio leadership. Strong written communication,you can write a clear 1-pager or technical design doc.

Preferred

  • Credits on major feature films or high-profile episodic VFX (think tentpole-scale, not just indie shorts).

  • Experience with real-time rendering (Unreal Engine, virtual production stages, LED volumes).

  • Hands-on experience fine-tuning or deploying generative models (Stable Diffusion, Runway,ComfyUI, or similar).

  • Background in computer vision or image processing (optical flow, segmentation, depth estimation, upscaling).

  • Prior experience in a customer-facing technical role (solutions engineer, field CTO, technical account lead).

WhoYou'llWork With

Firefly Foundry Applied Scientists, product engineers,VFX and M&E Solutions Engineers, Adobe product teams across Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Substance 3D, and Frame.io, plus Customer Success, Security/Privacy/Legal, and Partner/Alliances. Externally,you'llbe embedded with studio technical leadership, VFX supervisors, and pipeline teams.

Logistics

  • Location: Hybrid/Remote flexible.

  • Travel: ~10-15% to studios, post houses, production locations, and industry events (SIGGRAPH, NAB, VES, etc.).

Why This Role

  • You'llbe defining a category,notiterating onan existing product. Custom-trained generative AI for VFX productiondoesn'thave a playbook yet.You'rewriting it.

  • Adobe's creative tool ecosystem (Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, Substance 3D, Frame.io) gives Firefly Foundry a distribution and integration advantage that no pure-play AI startup can match.

  • You'll work directly with major studios and franchise holders on IP that you'llactually seeon screen.

  • You'llhave a direct line from field reality to product roadmap,the kind of influence that senior engineers at most companies never get.

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Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI - and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it's restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

Expected Pay Range:

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this positionis $172,500 -- $306,625 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills,and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process. In California, the pay range for this position is $211,800 - $306,625 In Washington, the pay range for this position is $201,000 - $291,150

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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There is no deadline to apply to this job posting because Adobe accepts applications for this role on an ongoing basis. The posting will remain open based on hiring needs and position availability.

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Industry

Computer and computer peripheral equipment and software wholesalers

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

San Jose, CA, US

Year founded

1982

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