Tech Art Lead (Environment)

At the core of Epic's success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it's building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we're always innovating. Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users.

Epic is looking for an experienced Lead Technical Artist to join the Fortnite Battle Royal Team. Candidates in this role will manage and mentor a team of Technical Artists and communicate and collaborate with various other departments in establishing goals and tasks for new features. You will identify potential risks in plans and highlight them early with the team to problem solve. This person will work closely with Gameplay Programmers and Designers to create and implement new technical features from start to finish.

In this role, you will:

• Work with complex landscape material, water systems, foliage and composition
• Manage and mentor a team of technical artists, provide art direction and feedback on tasks
• Optimize art content to ensure features are performant on all supported platforms (Console, handhelds, mobile)
• Work with production to plan, scope and provide estimates for tasks and create tickets in Shotgrid
• Follow up with tasks, providing direction and problem solving
• Collaborate with gameplay developers, artists, and other team members to deliver stellar visuals for each map
• Collaborate with Art Leads to create shader and blueprint solutions for complex assets and provide proto models and guidance on how to approach creation of these assets
• Work with procedural generation tools to ensure maximum efficiency when it comes to populating complex environments and automate time consuming processes

What we're looking for:

• Strong experience with Unreal Engine or other real-time game engine technologies
• Skilled in authoring materials and shaders using node-based graph editors or HLSL
• Proficient in Blueprints and other programming or scripting languages
• Proven leadership as a departmental lead, managing technical artists and collaborating closely with all art departments
• Proficiency with 3D modeling tools such as 3ds Max, Maya, or similar software
• Experienced in texture creation using tools like Substance Designer and Substance Painter
• Hands-on experience with procedural modeling and simulation tools, such as Houdini
• Expertise in optimizing art and gameplay content across multiple platforms (console, Switch, mobile)
• Contributed to shipping cross-platform content on consoles, Switch, and mobile devices
• Led the development of gameplay features, collaborating closely with design teams to drive creative direction

This role is open to multiple locations across North America and Europe (including CA, NYC, & WA).

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer.