Technical Artist
Experienced/Senior-level
We are Fatshark
We are a critically acclaimed Swedish game development studio with about 190 experienced and skilled employees. We are most well-known for developing the Warhammer: Vermintide franchise, but have also helped develop a number of AAA titles and we launched the highly anticipated game Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.
We have grown quite a bit over the last few years, but we still embrace the same values that we started with. We want to build the best first person co-op games together, in an approachable, fun and passion-driven way.
The role
We are looking for an experienced or senior Technical Artist to join the game team for our exciting unannounced project! You will be responsible for character-related shader and feature development and build upon our character art production pipeline, working closely with our game designers, artists and programmers to help create convincing and dynamic characters.
Our team and work environment is highly agile, collaborative and creative, giving individual team members a lot of influence along with responsibility. You will tie disciplines together and develop, maintain and support tools that streamline workflows for artists and production teams. We are in the early stages of something exciting, so we need you to be an excellent problem solver with strong communication skills.
What you'll do
- Research, define, improve, and maintain pipelines, tools, and workflows
- Develop and support character customization and modularity features
- Create and maintain high-quality and performant shaders
- Develop complex character-related features, such as dismemberment and gore
- Act as liaison between character artists, animators and technical animators
- Manage in-game performance of character-related assets
- Stay-up-to-date with industry trends and new technology to provide innovative solutions to pipeline challenges
- Support our outsourcing partners with tools and processes
Required qualifications
- At least 3 years of experience as a Technical Artist in the games industry
- Previously worked with modular character workflows
- Good knowledge of Unreal Engine 5
- Excellent skills in graph or text-based shader authoring (such as Unreal SG, Unity SG, HLSL)
- Strong knowledge of scripting languages (Python/Lua) and Blueprints or any other visual scripting languages
- Good understanding of common art workflows and their pros & cons
- Strong drive and a habit of organizing and structuring your own and others work
- Excellent communication skills, including high proficiency in English
Bonus qualifications
- At least 1 previously shipped game
- Proficiency in Maya, Substance Painter, ZBrush or Marmoset
- Experience with the Unreal Mutable plugin or similar systems
- Experience in tools development
- Familiarity with UI development
- Understanding of modern rendering pipelines
- Programming experience with C+
What we offer
- A playful, friendly and inclusive workplace
- Opportunities for personal growth with varied projects, experienced co-workers and recurring hack weeks/days
- Regulated flex time and paid overtime
- Occupational pension
- Health benefits and health check ups
- Bonus program
- Relocation package for international talent
- Parties, social events and team-building activities
- Dog-friendly office located in central Stockholm
Application details
We have a policy of working 4 days in the office per week, with 1 day optional to work from home. The onboarding is being done fully in the office.
We look forward to reviewing applications and will be interviewing candidates continuously until the position has been filled.
Location: Stockholm (on-site)
Start: ASAP 2025
Form of Employment: Permanent, full-time
Stockholm
Why Fatshark?
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Building worlds
Hands-on production environment with an emphasis on cooperative and multiplayer games -
Great atmosphere
A fun, friendly and inclusive work environment -
Keep on growing
Opportunities for personal growth with varied projects, experienced co-workers and recurring hack weeks -
Work-life balance
Regulated flex time, paid overtime and minimum crunch policy -
Hack Weeks
At the end of each quarter, we have a week dedicated to hack projects. Kick off the day with a team breakfast, deep dive into learning something new and team up with colleagues to realize that bizarre game feature -
Additional Benefits
We offer occupational pension, a generous bonus policy, annual health checkups & healthcare allowance and more
Who are we?
When we put Fatshark to sea in 2007, we wanted to create a place where talented people would come together and create awesome games. We did, and Fatshark is today a studio and publisher where great ideas spawn and reach the hands of countless players.
Equally important to us, we’ve never lost the joy that goes into creating great games. Over the years, we have created a habitat in which all kinds of fatsharks can thrive.
Cooperation is key
At Fatshark, we develop and publish cooperative games, where people come together to have fun and solve problems together. In a Fatshark game, you are given the freedom to succeed or fail trying as a group. And that's exactly the way we like it. Through teamwork in our games and in our studio, 1+1=3.
About Fatshark
We are a Swedish game development studio located in Södermalm, Stockholm. With about 180 experienced and skilled employees we are developing and publishing titles for both consoles and PC. We are well-known for releasing the critically acclaimed title Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and our recent game Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.
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