Weʼre looking for a hands-on Technical Artist who thrives at the crossroads of art and engineering. Youʼll shape our rendering pipeline—especially Unity URP—so 2D hand-painted backdrops and 3D characters play together in one striking, stylized world. From shader prototypes to profiling on low-end hardware, youʼll keep our visuals gorgeous and performant. The role begins at 32 hours/week for a 2-month probation period, then bumps to 40 hours/week upon passing. We will waive the probation period for exceptional candidates.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and document Unity URP setups (lighting, post-process, camera tricks, custom passes).
• Devise techniques that let illustrative backgrounds, 3D props, and VFX blend into a cohesive look.
• Design and implement blended lighting and shadow systems that unify 2D backdrops with 3D assets for a seamless, stylized look.
• Prototype in Shader Graph or HLSL/ShaderLab to achieve watercolor edges, halftone dots, anime outlines—whatever sells the fantasy.
• Profile CPU/GPU, analyze overdraw, wrangle draw calls, and implement LODs, batching, and texture compression.
• Create or customize Unity editor tools that speed asset integration, material swapping, and lighting previews.

Must-Haves

• 2 + years in technical art for real-time games.
• Focused on stylized look.
• Deep knowledge of Unity URP (forward & deferred), camera/volume systems, and Scriptable Render Features.
• Strong lighting fundamentals in both 2D and 3D contexts.
• Fluent in Shader Graph/ASE & HLSL/ShaderLab; comfortable with C# editor tooling.
• Solid grasp of performance profiling and optimization strategies for PC and mobile.
• Clear communicator who can translate “it feels off” feedback into actionable tasks.
• Self-driven; thrives in a small studio where you wear multiple hats.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with custom SRPs.
• Familiarity with GPU instancing, compute shaders, or VFX Graph.
• Solid mathematical background for 3D game.
• Comfort with 3D DCC tools
• Blender, Maya) for rapid look-dev.
• Interest in AI workflows (e.g., texture up-res, generative concept iteration).