Technical Artist
Ramen VR - San Francisco, California, United States, 94199Work at Ramen VR
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Optimize art assets and game builds for VR platforms (Meta Quest 2, Quest 3, etc)Analyze game performance and memory allocation and come up with solutions to help us hit performance goals.Be knowledgeable on the latest tools and technologies and how they can enhance our pipeline.Create tools and optimize art pipelines, and establish best practices for importing models, animations, and riggingOptimize and create VFX, and shadersAbility to create game-ready 3d Assets.Requirements
3 - 5 years of Technical Art experience with at least one shipped title.Strong art portfolio with an emphasis on VFXExperience with particle and physics simulations using Blender, Houdini, or similar 3d package.Expert level Unity Engine experienceExperience working on optimizing VR PlatformsProgramming knowledge in C#, and shader programming, like CG/HLSLExperience with GPU, CPU, and Memory profiling using the Unity toolset, Renderdoc, and Snapdragon Profiler.Interested in startups, or building a small studio from the ground up. (You’ll wear a lot of hats!)Pluses
Core rendering, and graphics programming experience including linear algebra and math.Hands-on experience across various art disciplines such as 3d Asset Creation, Environment Art, Animation, and VFX.About Ramen VRHave you heard of Ready Player One? Well, we're building it for real people:We're building the next reality featuring an infinite universe where millions of people can build new lives together in a gorgeous, cyberpunk and inspired world. We're starting with Zenith, a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game out on all major VR platform.Ramen VR was started in early 2019 in the Bay Area by Andy and Lauren, gaming tech engineers with decades of combined experience at Google, Unity, OpenFeint, and some very successful mobile and social games.We're funded by some of the best investors and gaming entrepreneurs in the world including YCombinator, The Makers Fund, Twitch COO Kevin Lin, and Kabam Cofounder Holly Liu and also the most
successful VR Gaming Kickstarter of all time .
We believe great games change the world for the better. Great games inspire creativity, teach grit, and most importantly, build community.Why Work At Ramen VR?Create the next realityEvery startup claims they are changing the world. How often do you find one that's building an entirely new reality? Also, we're such a small team, that you'll be working from and learning directly from the founders every day.We Love GamesHave a favorite game coming out? Take a day off on launch day. We'll even buy you the deluxe version of the game. Play the game, and just do a short write-up to teach us what you learned. Join weekly game lunches where we bond and play games together as a team.Company RetreatsTravel somewhere in the world with us, and live in a big house together for a week, all expenses paid. Spend time working, playing games, exploring a new country, and growing together.BenefitsFor full-time employees, we offer unlimited PTO, full coverage health insurance (for you and dependents) if you're based in the US, an annual health & wellness stipend for non-US based folks, annual tech stipends to use towards VR or equipment and more.
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