Senior VFX Artist

Unknown Worlds Entertainment

Senior VFX Artist working on real-time visual effects for Subnautica 2. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance the game's emotional and artistic tone.

Posted 4/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Unreal Engine

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create, implement, and iterate on a range of real-time visual effects that meet the aesthetic, gameplay, and technical goals of the project
Take ownership of VFX for key features or gameplay systems, ensuring clarity, responsiveness, and emotional impact
Collaborate with Design, Engineering and Art disciplines to reinforce player experience
Profile and optimize effects within performance budgets across target platforms making improvements where needed
Contribute to improving workflows, pipelines, and documentation for the VFX team
Provide constructive feedback, and share knowledge with other VFX artists to maintain a high craft bar
Iterate effectively based on playtests, cross-discipline and player feedback

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years experience as a VFX artist in the games industry, with at least one shipped title
Experience developing in Unreal Engine 5 using Niagara and Blueprints
Strong diverse portfolio demonstrating real-time VFX ranging from environments, characters, screen FX, gameplay driven effects and more
Proficiency in shader/material authoring and real-time particle systems
Solid understanding of real-time rendering principles, technical art and performance optimization
Skilled in relevant 2D and 3D content creation tools such as Blender, Photoshop, Substance Designer, After Effects and Houdini
Ability to adapt to and help evolve a project’s visual style
Strong understanding of art fundamentals, animation timings, color theory, along with a high level of aesthetic judgment
Self-starting, organized, collaborative, highly motivated and comfortable working in a remote environment
Strong written, visual and verbal communication skills

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Flexible working hours
Professional development budget
Home office setup allowance
Global team events

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Hard Skills & Tools

real-time visual effectsVFXUnreal Engine 5NiagaraBlueprintsshader authoringmaterial authoringreal-time particle systemsperformance optimizationreal-time rendering principles

Soft Skills

collaborativeself-startingorganizedhighly motivatedstrong written communicationstrong visual communicationstrong verbal communicationadaptabilityconstructive feedbackhigh aesthetic judgment