Nerd Ninjas is a fully remote, fast-moving, multi-disciplinary team of creative professionals who work hard and play hard. We’re working on fun and interesting projects across VR, AR, mobile, and desktop.

We seek an experienced Sr. Technical Artist whose initial responsibilities will be to help reimagine a beloved mobile game onto a head-mounted display platform. This position offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of the gaming industry and contribute to the success of exciting, cutting-edge projects.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary.
• 100% paid Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• Flexible schedule.
• Work on top-secret projects with Niantic (makers of Pokemon Go and the leader in geospatial gaming).
• Work remotely in the Pacific Time Zone with travel to Spokane, WA twice a year for fun, team-building retreats.
• Our culture is fun, unique, and anti-drama (you'll love it!).

Responsibilities:

• Create & optimize performant shaders for stunning visuals.
• Recreate & set up shaders to mimic visuals of existing experiences.
• Import existing animations onto the new platform & execute blending/polish tasks.
• Generate meshes at runtime based on data passed from mobile games.
• Iterate on Unity 3D scenes to finalize product & other creative requirements.
• Concept & implement juicy VFX, with an initial focus on head-mounted displays.
• Support the art team & Unity developers by identifying inefficiencies & recommending/implementing improvements.
• Implementation of headset-native UI.
• Troubleshoot and solve core technical problems in cooperation with each department.
• Facilitate & improve the asset pipeline between engineers and artists.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience shipping multiple successful games.
• Expert experience with the Unity Game Engine.
• Expert in scripting with C#.
• Experience creating beautiful VFX sequences.
• Knowledge of optimizing real-time 3D graphics pipeline for mobile platforms.
• Available M-F 9am-5pm PT.
• Strong English communication skills.
• Must be a US resident (unfortunately, visa sponsorships are not available; applicants outside the US will not be considered).

Pluses:

• Solid artistic skills.
• Concept design.
• Experience developing pipelines with Substance Designer, Substance Painter, or Houdini.
• Some experience in planning and developing tools.
• Able to envision creative ways to leverage new or existing ideas and technologies.
• Experience collaborating within a multi-person game studio.
• Knowledge of Runtime Mesh Generation.
• Deep Shader Knowledge.
• Javascript/Typescript Knowledge
• Live in the Pacific Northwest.