Lead Technical Artist

CD PROJEKT RED is a company focused on creating revolutionary, story-driven RPGs. The role is part of the team dedicated to crafting the studio's first-ever original IP and video game, codenamed Project Hadar.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a leadership role in a creative environment, including mentoring and shaping project direction.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in a technical art role.
• Strong leadership experience, including mentoring and guiding technical artists.
• Excellent knowledge of Unreal Engine 5.
• Excellent shader development skills.
• Strong understanding of DCC workflows.
• Experience in tool creation and automation using Python and/or C++.
• Proven problem-solving and debugging skills for complex technical challenges.
• Commitment to ownership, goal setting, knowledge exchange, and independent initiative.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-discipline with artists and engineers.
• Fluent English (written and spoken).

Nice to Haves:

• Experience in procedural content creation (Houdini, Unreal’s PCG, Geometry Script, or Blender’s Geometry Nodes).
• Expertise in real-time scalable VFX (Niagara, EmberGen).
• Animation pipeline knowledge, including scripting for Maya, MotionBuilder, or Unreal's Animation Blueprints and Sequencer.

• Prototyping, researching, and integrating new features in Unreal Engine 5.
• Leading, mentoring, and guiding technical artists.
• Prototyping, researching, and integrating new tools and features to push artistic boundaries.
• Responsible for talent acquisition, performance evaluation, professional development, and employee engagement within the team.
• Ensuring high-quality asset integration while maintaining performance and memory efficiency.
• Defining best practices for assets pipeline and technical art, establishing and maintaining documentation.
• Collaborating closely with art directors, engineers, and designers to achieve the project's creative and technical goals.
• Identifying and addressing bottlenecks in the production pipeline, ensuring smooth development processes.

Relocation to Warsaw is required. The position requires working primarily from the Warsaw studio in a full-time or hybrid mode.