Content Pipeline Engineer

Pixel Toys

Content Pipeline Engineer at Pixel Toys streamlining game content from art tools to live game. Collaborating with artists and engineers to build efficient content pipelines.

Posted 7/11/2026full-timeLeamington Spa • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonUnity

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Take ownership of the journey that our game content takes from the Art team’s authoring tools to the live game
Collaborate closely with discipline leads, artists, and engineers to define processes and establish content standards
Design, build, and maintain sophisticated tools, scripts, and automation that streamline how artists author, validate, and deliver their work
Construct robust editor tooling within the Unity Engine, including custom inspectors and property drawers
Develop and maintain export tools within major DCC packages like Maya, 3ds Max, and Blender
Support the integration of shaders, materials, and visual effects within the URP
Profile and optimise content for build size, memory, draw calls, and load times

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrated professional experience in building art pipelines and editor tools
Deep, hands-on expertise in the Unity Engine
Comprehensive understanding of how DCC tools like Maya, 3ds Max, and Blender export content
Proven experience scripting and automating using Python, MEL, or MaxScript
Understanding of the relationship between technical asset creation and production workflows
In-depth mastery of Unity’s asset import architecture (including ScriptedImporters, AssetPostprocessors, and the Asset Database)
Sophisticated understanding of the serialisation system, ScriptableObjects, and prefab workflows at scale
Highly proficient in building custom Unity Editor tooling
Practical experience managing complex Addressables strategies
Solid working knowledge of Unity’s rendering stack (URP, Shader Graph, HLSL, and mobile-specific asset compression)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary, reviewed annually
25 days annual leave, excluding bank holidays
Discretionary Bonus Scheme
Up to 3 additional long service days (duvet days!)
Private Medical Insurance (including optical and dental)
Company Pension scheme
Death in Service benefit
Regular socials including epic summer and Christmas parties!
Staff training and development
Quarterly Wellness days (On-site massages and more)

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Hard Skills & Tools

Unity Editor ToolingPython ScriptingMEL ScriptingMaxScriptShader GraphHLSLAddressables ManagementAsset Import ArchitectureScriptableObjectsPrefab Workflows