Technical Artist

MagnopusSt Albans, United KingdomRemote, Onsite

Magnopus is seeking a skilled Technical Artist to help drive the development of high-quality, real-time experiences. In this role, you’ll act as a key technical bridge between art and engineering, collaborating closely with artists, animators, and developers to build scalable pipelines, optimise performance, and deliver visually consistent content across projects. We're looking for someone who brings deep Unreal Engine expertise, a strong problem-solving mindset, and a passion for enabling creative teams through robust tools and workflows.

Responsibilities

Provide technical expertise, advice, and solutions to artists, animators, and riggers.
Partner with our creative team to develop and implement asset pipelines for large-scale teams.
Ensure visual consistency across all assets by designing and maintaining robust workflows.
Research and suggest appropriate tools and processes to enhance efficiency.
Develop bespoke tools tailored to project needs, enhancing workflow effectiveness.
Profile and optimise content to maintain high performance and quality.
Independently extract well-defined requirements from creative and artistic briefs.
Set performance and memory objectives and establish testing methods.
Identify technical bottlenecks and recommend effective optimisation strategies.
Conduct code and content performance reviews as needed.
Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation.
Assist in defining technical art tasks and participate in sprint planning.
Act as a versatile Unreal Engine “all rounder”, contributing across tools, pipelines, and real-time workflows.

Requirements

Expertise in one or more industry-standard DCC tools (Maya, Max, Houdini, Blender, Substance, Photoshop, etc.) for 2D and 3D asset creation.
Strong proficiency in Python.
Advanced experience with Unreal Engine, including Blueprint scripting.
Proven experience developing asset pipelines that scale and maintain visual consistency.
Ability to build custom tools as needed to meet project-specific requirements.
Strong understanding of performance optimisation and profiling tools (RenderDoc, Unreal Insights, GPU Visualiser etc.).
Proactive in preempting and addressing performance limitations on target devices.
Proficient with version control systems (Perforce, Git, or similar) for asset management.
A problem-solving mindset and the ability to communicate technical issues to non-technical team members.
Passion for learning and exploring new skills and techniques.

Nice to have

Experience with scripting languages such as Mel Script, PyMel, HLSL/GLSL or C#.
Strong proficiency in shader development in Unreal Engine.
Experience in UEFN.
Strong understanding of Sequencer in Unreal.
Understanding of compression formats and colour workflows in DCC content creation.
Experience developing custom shader nodes for Unity.
Experience with plugin development for Unreal and Unity.

£45,000 - £60,000 a year

About us

Magnopus is an experience focused technology company founded by a team of Oscar-winning artists, designers, and engineers from games, films, and other unusual places. We’re passionate about creating rich experiences that unite the physical and digital worlds.Because we’re building the future, we endeavour to create a diverse, creative workplace where people from many perspectives collaborate across disciplines to create amazing things together. We invest in our employee's progression with ongoing education and mentorship opportunities, and support their happiness and productivity through generous health care, time off, and other benefits. We try to foster a safe environment where we can take risks, and learn from our failures.

While we value individual talents, we favour collaboration more. We believe that the leadership of the company works for the employees, not the other way around. We feel strongly that our employees guide who we are as a company and the work we create, so we look for characteristics of curiosity, empathy, respect, honesty, and courage in every candidate.Though we’ve delivered a lot of crazy stuff, here are a few you can check out at home:MetallicaMission: ISSBlade Runner 2049: Memory LabAlo Moves XRFalloutPlease be aware that, if you are selected for a position, you will be required to provide proof of your right to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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Life at Magnopus

Magnopus is an Experience Company forging art, science, and technology to create new experiences across virtual reality, augmented reality, and good ol' fashioned reality reality. Located in downtown Los Angeles, we are empowered by an Academy Award-winning team of artists, engineers, and "get it done" producers who bring a diverse body of experience and creative solutions to the field. We're working on original and licensed IP for VR experiences that are game engine-driven, footage-driven, or a mix of both. Our technology teams are developing AR platforms and custom VR platforms for clients on Oculus Rift & Go, HTC Vive, Samsung GearVR, Magic Leap and HoloLens using Unity, Unreal, and original software development. Our unique focus on story and content-driven technology development gives us advance access to some of our partner's over-the-horizon hardware and software developments in light field technology, holographic and translucent displays, HMDs, performance capture, and human computing interfaces. We're honored to have a diverse team of talented individuals building products and experiences that have a positive impact on people's everyday lives, whether in entertainment, education, industry, or government.

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