Azra Games
Principal/Lead Technical Artist
Azra Games, Austin, Texas, us, 78716
Azra Games is expanding to Austin, Texas, bringing our passion for creating immersive and unforgettable RPG experiences to a new creative hub. Led by veteran game designer Mark Otero—the visionary behind Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, EA’s most successful mobile game with over $1.5 billion in lifetime revenue—Azra Games is building a top-tier team in Austin. If you're eager to help shape the future of role-playing games, we’d love to hear from you.
Check all associated application documentation thoroughly before clicking on the apply button at the bottom of this description.Who we are looking for:We are looking for a 5+ year experienced Lead/Principal Technical Artist, excited to work on a challenging mobile-first/PC game. This position will report to the Art Director and coordinate between Art, Engineering, and Design to implement pipelines necessary to speed up production and improve artists’ quality of life. Must be self-motivated, willing to take the initiative, and passionate about helping the team learn and grow. The candidate must thoroughly understand the technical needs of the different art disciplines and processes. Generative AI will be part of our pipelines, so AI experience and an openness to advance our pipeline through AI is a plus.What you will be doing:Working closely with the Art, Designers, Engineers, and the AI team to support the overall visual direction and features for the gameHelping to guide the artists on best practices to develop assets that meet the visual goals as performantly as possible.Breaking down high-level requirements into deliverable tasksIdentify areas that can be optimized and make smart performance decisions early and critically.Developing early tools for performance profiling.Excellent working knowledge of real-time engines (preferably Unity) and any external tech that will facilitate the game art pipelines.Working with Engineering to develop custom scripts and tools for implementing assets, shaders, and materials.Maintain and extend current and new production pipelines, processes, and workflowsIdentify problems; solve them: invent or build robust, quality technical implementationsHow you benefit:Have a genuine and direct impact at a new and growing studioSee the impact of your work as it helps shape the game and eventually impacts the playersHigh amounts of ownership and autonomy over featuresAccelerate growth professionally and personallyBe part of a hugely talented team that values a feedback-driven learning environment and work/life balanceThe skills you need:5+ years of professional real-time technical art experienceGreat communicator and inter-departmental collaboratorExperience working within a real-time game engine (preferably Unity)Experience building efficient art pipelinesExperience in optimizationUnderstanding of technical constraints of engines and mobile platformsStrong technical/mathematical mindset, excellent problem-solving skillsStrong debugging capabilities, including Art/Visual issues in-engine, technical issues, performance, and memory analysisAbility to write clean, maintainable, and extensible code with attention to reusabilityEnthusiasm and initiativeAdditional skills that would make you shine:Tool designing skillsStrong understanding of Houdini and setting up Houdini PipelinesProgramming skills (C# for Unity, Python for Maya, etc.)Preference for procedural workflows (Houdini, Designer)Experience in optimization in Unity for Mobile, specificallyPassion for games of similar genresExperience with efficient multi-disciplinary production pipelines + documentationRigging experienceThe perks of working at Azra:
Competitive salaryPlatinum healthcare plan for you and your family paid for by Azra Games. Including health, vision, and dental!Parental leaveUnlimited paid time offWork that fits your lifestyle – Work from our studio office in Austin,TX, and/or hybrid, and anything in betweenOccasional catered lunches and dinnersOffice social events including happy hours and partiesA generous technology budget to provide the best gear you need to be your most productive and happy selfAn authentic office environment where you get to be YOUAzra Games is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Azra Games is an inclusive workplace where everyone is welcome and employee differences are celebrated.
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Check all associated application documentation thoroughly before clicking on the apply button at the bottom of this description.Who we are looking for:We are looking for a 5+ year experienced Lead/Principal Technical Artist, excited to work on a challenging mobile-first/PC game. This position will report to the Art Director and coordinate between Art, Engineering, and Design to implement pipelines necessary to speed up production and improve artists’ quality of life. Must be self-motivated, willing to take the initiative, and passionate about helping the team learn and grow. The candidate must thoroughly understand the technical needs of the different art disciplines and processes. Generative AI will be part of our pipelines, so AI experience and an openness to advance our pipeline through AI is a plus.What you will be doing:Working closely with the Art, Designers, Engineers, and the AI team to support the overall visual direction and features for the gameHelping to guide the artists on best practices to develop assets that meet the visual goals as performantly as possible.Breaking down high-level requirements into deliverable tasksIdentify areas that can be optimized and make smart performance decisions early and critically.Developing early tools for performance profiling.Excellent working knowledge of real-time engines (preferably Unity) and any external tech that will facilitate the game art pipelines.Working with Engineering to develop custom scripts and tools for implementing assets, shaders, and materials.Maintain and extend current and new production pipelines, processes, and workflowsIdentify problems; solve them: invent or build robust, quality technical implementationsHow you benefit:Have a genuine and direct impact at a new and growing studioSee the impact of your work as it helps shape the game and eventually impacts the playersHigh amounts of ownership and autonomy over featuresAccelerate growth professionally and personallyBe part of a hugely talented team that values a feedback-driven learning environment and work/life balanceThe skills you need:5+ years of professional real-time technical art experienceGreat communicator and inter-departmental collaboratorExperience working within a real-time game engine (preferably Unity)Experience building efficient art pipelinesExperience in optimizationUnderstanding of technical constraints of engines and mobile platformsStrong technical/mathematical mindset, excellent problem-solving skillsStrong debugging capabilities, including Art/Visual issues in-engine, technical issues, performance, and memory analysisAbility to write clean, maintainable, and extensible code with attention to reusabilityEnthusiasm and initiativeAdditional skills that would make you shine:Tool designing skillsStrong understanding of Houdini and setting up Houdini PipelinesProgramming skills (C# for Unity, Python for Maya, etc.)Preference for procedural workflows (Houdini, Designer)Experience in optimization in Unity for Mobile, specificallyPassion for games of similar genresExperience with efficient multi-disciplinary production pipelines + documentationRigging experienceThe perks of working at Azra:
Competitive salaryPlatinum healthcare plan for you and your family paid for by Azra Games. Including health, vision, and dental!Parental leaveUnlimited paid time offWork that fits your lifestyle – Work from our studio office in Austin,TX, and/or hybrid, and anything in betweenOccasional catered lunches and dinnersOffice social events including happy hours and partiesA generous technology budget to provide the best gear you need to be your most productive and happy selfAn authentic office environment where you get to be YOUAzra Games is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Azra Games is an inclusive workplace where everyone is welcome and employee differences are celebrated.
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