Middle/Senior Technical Artist

SuperPlay is looking for Technical Artist.

Meet SuperPlay ⚡️
Founded in 2019 by gaming industry veterans from Playtika, Rovio, PlayStudios, and the film industry, we set out to create a billion-dollar company that delivers world-class, delightful games and has fun
making them.

We gathered a core team and soft-launched our first title, Dice Dreams, within 6 months. Since then, the team has grown to include dozens of super-talented, dedicated, and driven individuals.

Dice Dreams has become a global hit, and our plans for the future make us even more excited.

What are you working on?

• The name of the project(s): DiceDreams
• Genres: Casual
• Platforms: Mobile

Team size and structure?

5 Tech artists

For which tasks (responsibilities)?

• liaising between heads of programming and design teams;

• researching and developing technical tools for a project;

• setting up workflows of art production;

• supporting artists and engineers in the 3D art pipeline;

• assisting in asset performance and validation;

• solving complex technical issues during development;

• deciding on what software and tools are required for game production;

• developing and maintaining resources and pipelines along with programmers;

• porting finished art to the game engine;

• ensuring final art runs to full visual resolution;

• working within the limits of the game engine, curating file sizes, polygon counts, and loading speeds;

• enforcing standards as outlined by heads of departments;

• developing tools and software to execute the needs of the game;

• preparing and designing character systems such as skeletons, cloths, effect emitters and ragdoll collision;

• optimizing environments and establishing physics barriers;

• writing custom software specific to the needs of the game which will work with industry-standard scripting languages;

• researching and overseeing the implementation of rendering techniques;

• developing performance of frame rate and memory;

• resolving material errors and collision issues;

• monitoring the performance of the game;

• maintaining technical documentation.
  

What kind of professional are we looking for?

• high attention to detail;

• excellent communication skills;

• career training in VFX;

• solid understanding of art and animation pipelines;

• familiarity with game systems and the game development process;

• scripting skills;

• the ability to identify the best tools and software to maximize game delivery;

• rendering and post-effects experience;

• understanding of rigging and animation;

• experience in physics simulations;

• shader development experience;

• high-level artistic skills - proportion, color, composition;

• creative mindset and ability to overcome technical challenges;

• experience in digital art content creation - high and low-poly modeling, unwrapping, baking, texturing, level art, etc;

• excellent interpersonal skills in dealing with differences between creative and technical teams;

• knowledge of high-end coding languages.

What are the conditions and bonuses?

• work in a fastest-growing product company. Over the last two years, the company has expanded exponentially. It has opened 4 offices in different countries with a local office in Kyiv.

• work with the company’s main product. Our game DiceDreams has already had more than 10 million downloads. And we want our employees to impact the final product, realize their ideas and grow with the company.

• career growth. We welcome the growth of our employees within the company and promote them to management positions.

• professional growth. We are interested in increasing the expertise of our specialists and managers, so the company pays for specialized courses and trainings.

• work in a flexible schedule. We have a hybrid format of cooperation, you can work both from the office and remotely, choose your comfortable hours.

• comfortable and modern office. We are located in the historical heart of Kyiv, near the Opera or Golden Gate.

• health Care. We pay sick leave and provide health insurance for our employees. If you are active and like sports our company is ready to pay for these activities.

• recreation. We have paid vacations, awesome corporate events, and the best team buildings.

• financial motivation. We offer a competitive salary, we are guided by the wishes of candidates, the company has regular salary reviews.