We are seeking a highly skilled lighting artist to join our Subnautica 2 team. The ideal candidate should be highly skilled working in Unreal 5 and be comfortable working with interior and exterior environments as well as pre-baked and dynamic lighting solutions. Their work will maintain a balance between excellent visual quality and performance requirements for the game.

This is a remote contract position on a fully remote team.

Responsibilities

• Develop lighting solutions in Unreal 5 for a diverse range of environments, characters and creatures that enhance the game and player experience.

• Collaborate with our environment team and rendering engineers to define lighting tools and pipeline needs.

• Work with art leadership to develop and maintain our lighting style and quality throughout the game.

• Collaborate with engineers and tech artists to ensure our lighting solutions are optimized for all our development platforms.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in the video game industry as a lighting artist with a strong proficiency in Unreal 5.

• Deep knowledge of lighting principles, color theory and composition.

• Understanding of modern rendering techniques and shader functionality as well as their impact on game performance.

• Excellent communication and problem solving skills alongside being able to thrive independently and collaboratively on a remote team.

• Experience with volumetrics systems and post processing.

Preferences

• Experience working on current generation console platforms.

• Passion for sci-fi and/or underwater environments.

• Familiarity with other aspects of game art pipelines (modeling, texturing, etc.)