Technical Artist II
Los Angeles, United States
Engineering – Technical Art /
At Will /
Hybrid
As a Tech Artist 2, you’ll work closely with artists, designers, and engineers to execute on project goals by supporting visual content integration, improving workflows, and troubleshooting technical challenges. You are detail-oriented, collaborative, and adept at balancing creative and technical needs in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support and execute daily art and tech tasks.
- Assist in developing and maintaining tools and scripts to streamline asset creation and implementation in Unreal Engine 5.
- Ensure consistent visual quality across devices by adapting content for mobile and AR platforms.
- Troubleshoot asset and performance issues and work with senior staff to implement solutions.
- Follow best practices for content optimization and contribute to improving visual fidelity and performance.
- Maintain clear documentation and report status regularly to leads and production.
Required Qualifications
- Proficiency with Unreal Engine 5 and experience with mobile or AR development workflows.
- Working knowledge of shader creation, rigging, and Blueprints.
- Strong understanding of 3D asset pipelines and performance constraints on mobile/AR devices.
- Basic scripting ability (Blueprint, Python, or similar) for tools or automation.
- Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills; able to take direction and work independently within a larger structure.
$60,000 - $120,000 a year
Salaries offered are based on candidate experience, internal equity, and the level at which they are hired.
Magnopus is an experience focused technology company founded by a team of Oscar-winning artists, designers, and engineers from games, films, and other unusual places. We’re passionate about creating rich experiences that unite the physical and digital worlds.
Because we’re building the future, we endeavor to create a diverse, creative workplace where people from many perspectives collaborate across disciplines to create amazing things together. We invest in our employee's progression with ongoing education and mentorship opportunities through their guilds, and support their happiness and productivity through generous health care, time off, and other benefits.
We try to foster a safe environment where we can take risks, and learn from our failures. While we value individual talents, we favor collaboration more. We believe that the leadership of the company works for the employees, not the other way around. We feel strongly that our employees guide who we are as a company and the work we create, so we look for characteristics of curiosity, empathy, respect, honesty, and courage in every candidate.
Though we’ve delivered a lot of crazy stuff, here are a few you can check out at home:
