Riot Games · 1 day ago
Senior Technical Artist, Environment - Unpublished R&D Product
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expRiot Games is a leading game development company focused on creating engaging player experiences. They are seeking a Senior Technical Artist to develop systems, tools, and workflows that enhance the creation of immersive environments in their MMO games. This role involves collaborating with various teams to ensure high-quality, scalable worldbuilding while maintaining performance and visual fidelity.
ComputerDeveloper PlatformPC GamesVideo Games
Responsibilities
Build and maintain procedural and targeted tools that support scalable environment asset creation in Houdini, Unreal, and other pipelines
Author and maintain tools that enable modular workflows, from terrain generation and biome setup to foliage systems and world composition
Contribute hands-on to worldbuilding—working directly in-engine to prototype and improve asset fidelity, modular kits, and visual consistency across biomes
Partner with Environment Artists and Level Designers to ensure tools meet creative needs while driving performance, reusability, and efficiency
Develop and maintain Unreal Engine 5 environment tools, including landscape systems, foliage, spline tools, material workflows
Provide environment-focused technical support and problem-solving, helping unblock teams and identifying improvements in real-time workflows
Proactively identify bottlenecks in content pipelines and propose systemic, scalable solutions that align with the game’s long-term needs
Contribute to the visual and technical evolution of the world, ensuring our tools keep pace with an ever-expanding ecosystem of environments, systems, and gameplay needs
Proactively identify tech debt and pipeline inefficiencies, explore future technology, and drive strategic solutions that prepare us for the long road of live service MMO development
Qualification
Required
5+ years as a Technical Artist or Environment TD in games or related industries, with a focus on environment content development
Proven experience with Houdini or equivalent procedural systems used in games for terrain, layout, or asset generation
Strong proficiency in 3D modeling, texturing, and lighting, with working knowledge of tools like Maya, Blender, 3ds Max, ZBrush, etc
Experience scripting in Python, Blueprint, or similar languages to build tools or automate workflows
Deep familiarity with Unreal Engine 5's worldbuilding tools, including PCG, the material editor, world partition, and level streaming systems
Demonstrated ability to work cross-discipline and support artists, designers, and engineers through technical collaboration and tool iteration
Preferred
Experience building or supporting large-scale open worlds, MMOs, or multiplayer games with persistent or procedural environments
Experience using Substance Designer, Houdini Copernicus, or other procedural texture/material generation tools
Familiarity with cross-discipline workflows, especially integrating art pipelines with level design, gameplay systems, and engine constraints
A strong eye for environmental storytelling, with an interest in translating narrative and gameplay needs into scalable technical solutions
Benefits
Open paid time off policy
Flexible work schedules
Medical, dental, and life insurance
Parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children
401k with company match
Company
Riot Games
Riot Games is a global company that develops online games.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$21M2018-12-31Series Unknown· $6M
2016-11-14Convertible Note
2011-02-01Acquired
Leadership Team
A. Dylan Jadeja
Chief Executive Officer
Brandon Beck
Co-chairman, Co-founder
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