Job Description

As a Shading Tech Artist, you will make Avatars shine across all experiences, including: VR, mobile and augmented reality. You understand traditional techniques and are keen to apply them to real time workflows. You will partner with other artists, rendering engineers and product managers to deliver impactful products that reach a global audience.Join us in creating the future!

Shading Tech Artist, Avatars Responsibilities:

• Ensure Avatars to retain their unique look and creative intent across various render targets and platforms
• Champion the highest quality and fidelity of Avatars, while partnering with engineering to fit within performance constraints of real time targets
• Leverage the latest techniques to set signature and intentional looks for Avatars
• Build and document templates and best practices that scale to the variety of Avatars supported, with an emphasis on stability and performance

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience to successfully deliver one or more high complexity projects (AAA title or feature film or VR/AR Project) as a Shader Writer, Shading TA or Technical Artist
• Firm understand of physically based rendering principles and shading techniques
• Experience coding shaders for real-time applications with a solid understanding performance and tradeoffs
• Experience with Linux, and scripting languages such as Python, C# and Lua
• Experience with version control systems and coding standards
• Understanding of lighting, color, shading, and photography techniques
• Experience influencing and collaborating with Engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with hero character shading and/or character systems
• Experience as a production artist

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