At League of Geeks, we believe in building the tools, techniques and pipelines for creatives to do what they love the most - making wonderful games! We're looking for a Technical Artist with a passion for pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in real-time graphics, utilising a range of shaders, VFX and rendering techniques.

As a member of the engineering department, you’ll work closely with our artists to ensure the aesthetic vision for our exciting new games comes to life, building art directable tools and techniques that empower artists to deliver game-ready content.

Soon to emerge from our (much needed) hibernation, League of Geeks remains committed to building a world-class working environment for game developers, with a genuine focus on well being, skill development, community and purpose. So if you’re keen to join the reinvention of one of the world’s leading independent studios as we embark on a brand new PC/console project, we'd love to hear from you!

This is a full-time, fixed-term 24 month, contract position with the possibility of ongoing employment, though make no mistake, you will be a critical part of the LoG team.

Women and other underrepresented developers, please apply! We pride ourselves on our inclusive work environment and output, so we’d love to work with you.

Requirements:

• 5+ years role-relevant experience working on commercially released videogame/s.
• Experience writing and developing shaders, using HLSL, CG or node based tools.
• Experience and a strong familiarity with programming languages including Python and C# and/or node-based scripting (e.g. Blueprints).
• Experience using DCC applications, including Maya, Blender, Substance Painter and Substance Designer.
• Experience using real-time VFX tools such as Niagara for Unreal, VFX Graph for Unity or PopcornFx.
• Strong familiarity with asset optimization strategies and profiling tools.
• A commitment to working in a professional, inclusive and supportive environment.
• Ability to work independently; managing time, task lists and workflow with ease.
• Detail sensitivity, a proven aesthetic eye and strong design sensibilities.
• Excellent communication, creative collaboration and teamwork skills.
• A passion for motivating, inspiring, mentoring and educating your fellow team members.

Responsibilities:

As a Technical Artist here at League of Geeks you will build and maintain tools, processes, and develop techniques that enable artists to quickly integrate quality content and features into our games using Unreal Engine. You should have a strong eye for art quality and a broad range of knowledge and experience in the art and science of modern real-time graphics techniques.

• Developing solutions for technical challenges faced by content and feature teams.
• Communicate technical approaches and solutions to Art team stakeholders.
• Create pipelines for the art team to streamline the process and achieve visual goals.
• Develop and implement particle systems and other VFX in collaboration with the Art and Engineering teams.
• Communicate and champion aesthetic goals to Engineering team stakeholders.
• Identifying and solving performance issues.
• Review development processes and identify opportunities for tool improvements.
• Collaborating with artists and the broader team to help bring the project vision to life.
• Helping LoG build and maintain a great working culture through positive teamwork!

Benefits:

• Bring your dog to work. Yeah, dogs!
• Talent development, mentorship and support.
• Regular self-directed professional development days.
• Flexible work arrangement opportunities and family-friendly considerations.
• Menstrual, Menopause and Parental leave.
• Sustainable working hours, environment and life-work balance.
• Friday afternoon team social events, including monthly get-togethers.
• Annual Summer Holidays Family Picnic and Winter Feast.
• Melbourne International Games Week attendance.
• Located in Melbourne, the most liveable city in Australia. Fourth in the world!

How to Apply:

Send an email with a cover letter, an up-to-date CV and folio with examples of your work.

In your cover letter, please tell us in 250 words or less an example of a time where you offered an unexpected, atypical, yet effective solution to a problem in your career. There are no wrong answers here.

Important Stuff:

• Remuneration on offer (excluding benefits such as superannuation) is between $72,600k - $123,700k p.a AUD, dependent on experience and expertise of the applicant.
• We are currently working under a work-from-home model, and plan on returning to our Melbourne studio in the next 12 months.
  • This role can be held remotely (AEST+/-4hr timezones only) until our return to studio.
  • Return to studio will be three days in-studio, two days optional WFH.
  • During the interview process remote work options can be requested for exceptional circumstances.
• All interview stages will take place via video conference.

Please note that due to the large volume of applications we receive, we will be notifying successful applicants first. All unsuccessful candidates will be informed at the end of the hiring process, once the position is filled.

For general questions and inquiries, please get in touch with careers (at) leagueofgeeks (dot) com.