Principal Technical Artist (Contract)
Sony Interactive Entertainment - Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079Work at Sony Interactive Entertainment
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Requirements
Minimum ten years of professional experience in computer-generated artUnderstanding of artist workflows, VFX authoring (particles, flip books, flow maps), Lighting theory (PBR/PBL, LUTs), HDR pipeline, color theory, profiling, and/or optimizing for real-time renderingExperience with HLSL, GLSL or similar shader languagesExpertise of 3D math fundamentalsProficient scripting/programming experience with Python, PyQT/PySideStrong understanding of algorithm design and their inherent complexityAbility to write clean, maintainable and extensible code with attention to reusabilityEnthusiasm and initiativeExcellent spoken and written communicationAble and motivated to work with other team members
Preferred Experience
Industry experience working on or shipping AAA titlesProgramming experience with C++Knowledge or experience in procedural asset creation like Houdini, SubstanceExpert ability in 3D modelling DCCs such as Maya or equivalent
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to learn more.The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below. $170,100—$255,100 USD
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