Technical Artist - Optimizing AA UE5 Game for Cloud Streaming

📋 Description

• Profile GPU performance and memory usage using Unreal Insights, RenderDoc, and other relevant
• Analyze profiling data to prioritize optimization work and verify that each change produces
• Identify bottlenecks that fall outside the art and content scope and provide engineering teams with
• Optimize shaders, materials, overdraw, draw calls, texture memory, and other content-related
• Tune Lumen, Nanite, and Virtual Shadow Maps to achieve appropriate performance within target
• Create and refine LODs and simplify materials where global engine or scalability settings are

🎯 Requirements

• At least 4 years of professional experience as a Technical Artist in game development, including
• At least 3 years of hands-on production experience with Unreal Engine 4 or 5.
• Proven experience profiling and optimizing game content using GPU and memory profiling tools in
• Strong knowledge of materials, textures, LODs, lighting, VFX, animation, and real-time rendering
• Hands-on production experience with Lumen, Nanite, and Virtual Shadow Maps.
• Strong understanding of shader and material optimization, overdraw reduction, draw-call management

🎁 Benefits

• Approximately 4-month remote contract engagement.
• Remote working opportunity open to candidates in Europe, with working arrangements designed for
• Preferred working hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM US Central Time; European candidates should provide
• Opportunity to work on a large, content-heavy, choice-driven narrative game built with Unreal
• Opportunity to solve complex GPU, memory, rendering, content optimization, and cloud-streaming
• Collaboration with experienced Unreal engineers, technical artists, UX designers, QA professionals