Technical Artist, Metaverse
Meta

Job Info

We are seeking a dedicated Technical Artist to serve as a crucial link between our artistic and engineering teams. This role involves collaborating closely with a multifaceted, interconnected team dedicated to crafting engaging, first-party infrastructure, systems, and tools for our platform aimed at shaping the metaverse.

Technical Artist, Metaverse Responsibilities:

• Partner closely with the engineering, design and art teams to develop content across a range of devices.
• Implement runtime logic within a complex real-time environment with performance limitations in mind.
• Develop broad technical expertise to assist in a wide variety of technical and artistic tasks, including diagnosing and fixing bugs, quickly solving issues with cross-functional leads.
• Design, manage and maintain the pipeline from artists and end users through to deployment.
• Provide technical direction and guidance to artists on the best practices for using new tools and workflows.
• Analyze project timelines and resource allocation, proposing adjustments to optimize production schedules through technology and process enhancements.
• Document workflows, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency and scalability across teams.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience developing real-time experiences.
• Demonstrated expertise with at least one of the following pipelines: Environments, Runtime Behaviors, or Asset Pipeline.
• Expertise in at least one low-level programming language (C++ preferred).
• You understand architecture for complex tools and pipelines with a focus on content creators.
• Experience in shader languages (GLSL, ShaderLab, HLSL).
• Experience with game/real-time profiling and optimization techniques.
• Experience collaborating on multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience building strategic visions and working within leadership in large organizations.
• Expertise working with version control systems (Git, Perforce, etc.), using advanced workflows.
• Consistently give and take constructive feedback, direct next steps, and communicate clear goals and outcomes to your team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep knowledge of real-time graphics pipeline concepts.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in AI, ML, and automation within the art and entertainment industries, identifying emerging trends and technologies that can enhance production quality and efficiency.
• Self-driven with a focus on the end product.

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