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Senior Technical Artist, Cinematic Lighting
Senior Technical Artist, Cinematic Lighting
Epic Games is seeking a Senior Technical Artist with a focus on cinematic lighting to join their team. This role involves developing and improving lighting pipelines and workflows for real-time cinematics, collaborating with various art and engineering teams, and optimizing lighting for performance and visual quality within Unreal Engine.
About the role
About the Role
Epic Games is looking for a Senior Technical Artist to focus on lighting for cinematics. In this role, you will work closely with our cinematics and engineering teams to develop and improve our lighting pipelines and workflows for real-time cinematics.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with Cinematic Lighting Artists to identify and solve technical problems and improve overall efficiency
- Collaborate with animation, VFX, environment, and character teams to ensure cinematic lighting works seamlessly within our production pipeline
- Develop and maintain lighting tools, scripts, and workflows within Unreal Engine and our content creation tools
- Optimize cinematic lighting for performance and visual quality across various platforms
- Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies in real-time rendering and cinematic production
- Provide technical support and mentorship to less experienced artists
- Create and maintain documentation for tools and workflows
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience as a Technical Artist or in a similar role in the games or film industry
- Strong understanding of real-time rendering, lighting, and shading principles
- Expertise in Unreal Engine, particularly with its lighting, cinematic (Sequencer), and rendering features
- Proficiency in a scripting language (e.g., Python) for tool development and automation
- Experience with DCC tools like Maya, Houdini, Substance Designer, or Substance Painter
- Ability to troubleshoot and optimize complex lighting scenarios
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- A passion for creating visually stunning and technically sound cinematics