VFX Artist

📋 Description

• Create high-quality, real-time visual effects: explosions, fire, smoke, clouds, weapons FX, debris, and weather elements.

• Mentor VFX artists, fostering a culture of creativity, trust, and technical excellence.

• Collaborate across multiple disciplines to support gameplay, cinematics, and environments with best-in-class VFX.

• Drive innovation and research new workflows, tools, and techniques to push the boundaries of real-time VFX.

• Ensure VFX content is performant and within technical budgets.

• Populate environments with stunning and immersive VFX.

• Write and prepare briefs for outsourced work, provide feedback, and maintain quality standards.

• Partner with Directors and Production to strategically plan and estimate work, ensuring alignment with project goals and timelines.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in the gaming industry, with a focus on real-time VFX creation.

• Proven leadership experience, with a track record of mentoring and developing talent.

• Expertise in both real-time and baked simulations.

• Strong knowledge of VFX tools and pipelines (Houdini, Max, Maya, etc.).

• Solid understanding of PBR concepts, real-time rendering techniques, shaders, and lighting.

• Deep knowledge of performance and optimization for real-time VFX.

• Experience working independently to identify, own, and deliver high-impact work.

• Strong knowledge of SideFX Houdini.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.

• A strong portfolio that demonstrates mastery in VFX creation for games.

🏖️ Benefits

• Company paid medical healthcare (dental vision & mental).

• Paid Leave — 20 days of holiday for every team member per year (26 days after two years).

• No dress-code — we like to keep it casual.

• 401K with employer matching.

• Gym Membership Reimbursement.

• Flexible working hours.

• Trainings, lectures and courses — internal workshops, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available.

• Merch — gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!

• A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team.

• Dog-friendly office — dog owner? Bring your pooch with you and look after them while working!

• Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world.