Technical Artist - Optimizing AA UE5 Game for Cloud Streaming

About the Role:

• Optimize a high-quality, content-rich Unreal Engine 5 game for cloud streaming while preserving a stylized, non-photorealistic art direction.
• Balance GPU performance, memory usage, and platform constraints with visual quality and readability.

Accountabilities:

• Profile and optimize shaders, materials, textures, LODs, lighting, VFX, and overdraw.
• Build Unreal Engine editor tools and validation scripts to enforce content budgets.
• Identify bottlenecks and collaborate with engineering teams on scalability settings and performance targets.

Requirements:

• At least 4 years of professional Technical Artist experience on complex game projects.
• At least 3 years of hands-on UE4/UE5 production experience, including Lumen, Nanite, and Virtual Shadow Maps.
• Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.

Work Environment:

• Remote project-based contract open to candidates in Europe.
• Collaboration with specialized Unreal engineers, technical artists, UX designers, and QA professionals.
• Exposure to advanced rendering technologies and challenging cloud-streaming optimization problems.