Technical Artist

Ruckus Games

Senior Material/Technical Artist bridging art and programming at a well-funded startup. Working closely with teams on technical solutions and optimizations for game quality and efficiency.

Posted 6/2/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $100,000 - $185,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Unreal Engine

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work closely with the Art Director and Programming team to help bridge the gap between the art and programming teams’ day-to-day operations
Spearheading technical solutions and optimizations to find the balance between quality and efficiency
Collaborate with the artists, designers and programmers to integrate assets in the engine
Maintain and improve the efficiency in workflows, content pipelines and develop tools for artists
Write and maintain efficient shaders that support the art direction of the game
Analyze and improve art asset inefficiencies and optimize game performance by working with artists and programmers
Collaborate with design teams by creating mock ups and prototype assets

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 5 years experience in game development
One shipped title
Advanced knowledge of building and creating tools for Unreal Engine
A solid understanding of modeling, texture and material creation pipelines
Advanced knowledge of writing shaders for Unreal Engine
Understanding of technical limitations with art creating pipelines
Ability to evaluate needs of the art team and to help create tools to increase efficiency
Proven ability to work with art teams to deliver on the games artistic vision
Excellent skills in organization, communication and team collaboration
Knowledge of content creation software: 3ds Max, Maya, Substance or Photoshop
Good understanding of procedural generation of content and machine learning

Benefits

Comp & perks

Work from home (anywhere in the US)!
Flexible hours – 32 hour a week minimum / 50 hour maximum
3 weeks vacation each year, in addition to paid holidays and sick days
Competitive healthcare plans including medical, dental, and vision
Available Flexible Spending / Health Savings Accounts
401K with 100% matching up to 4% of your salary
Employee stock options

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Hard Skills & Tools

game developmentUnreal Engineshadersmodelingtexture creationmaterial creationcontent pipelinesprocedural generationmachine learningtool development

Soft Skills

organizationcommunicationteam collaborationproblem-solvingcreativityadaptabilityleadershipcollaborationevaluationefficiency improvement