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Blizzard Entertainment · 5 months ago

Senior Pipeline Technical Artist (SFD / Cinematics) | Irvine, CA

Irvine, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$38.85/hr - $71.83/hr

8+ years exp

Blizzard Entertainment's cinematics team is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Pipeline Technical Artist to support and develop their production pipeline. This role involves working closely with artists and developers to design and improve workflows, build tools, and provide technical support.

MMO GamesSoftwareVideo Games

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Provide technical support for artists in production

Maintain our existing code base and develop new libraries and tools as necessary

Contribute to the design and development of our production workflows

Mentor the team around you to ensure art is technically compliant and performant

Directly contribute to establishing and improving artist workflows

Qualification

Pipeline tool developmentUnreal EnginePython programmingPyQt / PySideMayaCG production processTechnical support roleCommunication skillsTeam-oriented approachProblem-solving ability

Required

8+ years of experience in developing pipeline tools and workflows in a CG production environment

Experience with real-time asset implementation and optimization

Experience with PyQt / PySide development

Experience shipping content produced in Unreal, bonus points for cinematic content (rendered or real-time)

Excellent knowledge of Unreal, including scripting (blueprints, Python, HLSL)

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong knowledge of Python and object-oriented programming practices

Strong working knowledge of Maya

Strong understanding of the CG production process, from asset creation to final implementation

A team-oriented approach to your work and understanding of the importance of collaboration

Self-motivated ability to proactively solve problems

Strong desire to function in a technical support role

Solid understanding of the game development process outside of technical art

Preferred

Experience with Substance Painter & Designer

Experience with Pixar's USD file format

Familiarity with Blizzard games and cinematics

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance

401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching

Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave

Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others

If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance

Company

Blizzard Entertainment

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Blizzard Entertainment develops and publishes gaming software and computer games such as World of Warcraft, Hearthstone and StarCraft.

Founded in 1991

Irvine, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://blizzard.com

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