Job Description

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities - we're just getting started.

Come be a part of the Facebook AR/VR organization as an artist building world-class products that span AR and VR. We are focused on building people-first experiences and believe that AR/VR will help define the future of online interaction. As a VFX artist, you will effectively collaborate with a wide range of disciplines such as product design, engineers, producers, product managers, and art direction to ideate, improve art pipelines, and build assets to define the future of AR/VR.

Responsibilities

• Concept, create, and implement visual effects for real time virtual reality
• Prototype and iterate on ideas and the creation process
• Collaborate with environment artists, concept artists, designers, and engineers
• Collaborate with other VFX artists and the Art Director to develop and maintain artistic styles and content
• Optimize effects to run efficiently at high frame rates while sustaining high visual fidelity
• Develop vertex shaders and mesh based effects for optimal use and visual impact in VR
• Contribute to development of proprietary VFX tools
  

Minimum Qualification

• 3+ years experience working in game or film in the role of Visual Effects Artist
• Experience or demonstrable knowledge of a modern game engine (Unreal, Unity, etc.)
• Experience in 3D content creation in a software package (Maya, Modo, 3ds Max, Houdini)
• Knowledge in node based shader/material creation
  
  

Preferred Qualification

• Experience with Virtual Reality VFX
• Experience with mobile VFX
• Knowledge of rendering pipelines/content optimization
• Experience in Unreal Engine 4 Blueprints
• Experience writing and editing HLSL/GLSL shaders
  

Facebook is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.