Tech Art Lead

1 day, 17 hours ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
PlayStation

PlayStation

PlayStation leads interactive entertainment with innovative consoles, games, and media, delighting fans globally since 1994.

Household Durables
100K+
Founded 1995
$8M raised

Description

  • Lead the Tech Art discipline and define the team’s goals while contributing directly as an individual contributor in early project stages.
  • Build and manage the Technical Art team, including mentoring internal Tech Artists and overseeing external Tech Art work.
  • Work with the Art Director to develop innovative ways to translate the team’s artistic vision to screen.
  • Ensure the game’s visual quality and performance across PC and console platforms.
  • Collaborate with project leadership to define and oversee the Technical Art roadmap with technical artists, animators, and designers.
  • Create custom tools that improve visual fidelity and performance.
  • Develop and refine workflows and pipelines that increase production efficiency and support team collaboration.
  • Introduce new features to the art team through examples, presentations, and documentation.
  • Communicate proactively with stakeholders to align on goals and address issues early.

Requirements

  • Experience in rigging workflow and pipeline creation.
  • Production experience with Maya, Substance Painter, and Photoshop, plus professional experience using Python.
  • Ability to translate art team goals into creative solutions while balancing cost, efficiency, and quality tradeoffs.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
  • Experience producing clear, concise, and accurate technical documentation.
  • Experience simplifying complex technical topics for others.
  • Experience managing and resolving stability, performance, and memory issues across different platforms.
  • Experience with Unreal Engine.
  • Experience managing external resources effectively.
  • Experience shipping across multiple platforms, including PC and console.
  • Preferred: ability to solve a wide variety of problems during R&D in incubation environments.
  • Preferred: ability to create custom shaders and effects that are efficient and scalable.
  • Preferred: ability to create and hook up gameplay VFX assets.
  • Preferred: experience creating and managing modular environment systems.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $143,000 to $215,000 USD for Seattle-based candidates, with pay varying by geographic location and hybrid working policy.
  • Flexible remote work option.
  • Top-tier benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Matching 401(k).
  • Paid time off.
  • Wellness program.
  • Employee discounts for Sony products.
  • Potential bonus package eligibility.

Interested in this position?

Apply directly on the company website

Apply Now

Similar Roles

Staff Software Engineer - Product Analytics

Datadog 5K-10K IT Services

Datadog is hiring a Staff Engineer to lead the backend technical direction for its Product Analytics platform, building systems that help customers analyze user behavior, retention, and growth at scale.

SQL
1 day, 3 hours ago

Principal Engineer, Ads Measurement

Unity 5K-10K Internet Software & Services

Unity is hiring a Principal Engineer for Ads Measurement to lead the development of self-attribution and install measurement systems that help the company independently evaluate ad performance and support optimization across its ads platform.

C++ Go Java
1 day, 3 hours ago

Engineering Team Leader, Elements Team

Fundraise Up 51-250 Capital Markets

Fundraise Up is hiring a Team Lead for its Elements team to guide development of embedded donation widgets and related products for global nonprofits.

Bull ClickHouse Cloudflare Elasticsearch Kafka Koa MongoDB NestJS Node.js React Redis TypeScript Vue.js
1 day, 3 hours ago

Engineering Team Leader, DX Platform

Fundraise Up 51-250 Capital Markets

Fundraise Up is hiring a Team Lead for the Donor Experience Platform to guide the development of the internal API and donation-processing experiences that power its global nonprofit fundraising products.

Bull ClickHouse Elasticsearch Kafka Koa MongoDB NestJS Node.js React Redis TypeScript Vue.js
1 day, 3 hours ago

You're on a roll! Sign up now to keep applying.

Sign Up

Already have an account? Log in

Used by 14,729+ remote workers