Tech Artist - 2d Project Unity Developer
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Pine Creek Games, a small indie studio, is hiring a Tech Artist or Art Programmer for a 4-5 month freelance contract. The role focuses on Unity development, requiring proficiency in C#, HLSL, Shader Graph, and ToonBoom, along with experience in 2D animation pipelines and mobile optimization. Candidates must have prior game industry experience, preferably in an indie setting. The position is fully remote within the CEST time zone and offers a monthly salary of 40,000 DKK.
Pine Creek Games is looking for a Tech Artist or Art Programmer. We require experience working in at least one other game company, preferably a small indie studio like ours.
You will become a part of a small team of around 9 members, where you will help with shader implementation and anticipating issues with performance. As well as particles, lighting, colour grading, shadows, and additional post-processing.
We are a fully remote company with no office, so you can work from where you want, within the required time zone, so we can still meet for daily syncs. We offer a friendly work environment and strive to make it a safe and inclusive workplace.
What we offer:
- Salary of 40.000 DKK Monthly
- Remote workplace within CEST time zone + or - 2 hours
- A positive and friendly work environment
Your responsibilities are:
- Build and maintain art pipelines and tools that move assets efficiently from DCC applications (Photoshop, ToonBoom.) into engine (Unity)
- Develop and debug shaders and materials in collaboration with artists and engineers
- Create particle and visual effects
- Set up and troubleshoot character rigs, skinning, and animation pipelines
- Establish and enforce technical art standards, naming conventions, LODs, texture budgets, poly counts
- Profile and optimize art assets for performance (draw calls, memory, shader complexity)
- Collaborate closely with engineers on engine-side rendering features and with artists on workflow pain points
- Document pipelines and tools
Candidate Must have Experience with:
- Unity development
- C# and HLSL (high level shading language) and Shader graph
- ToonBoom or other 2d animation software
- Switch and Mobile port optimization
Practical Info:
- Contract type: Freelance/Consultant
- Contract duration: 4-5 month contract
- Deadline: Rolling applications until we find a candidate.
- Consultancy start: As soon as possible
We will keep the job posting active until we find a suitable candidate and we will only be accepting applications in the CEST Time zone + 1 or- 2 hours. Application only accepted through Breezy. Please don't contact us on LinkedIn or other platforms as we use Breezy for application sorting.
About the Company
We're looking for great people to join our team