Expert Technical Artist

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At CD PROJEKT RED, we’ve built our legacy on rich worlds and storytelling from the epic tales of The Witcher to the dystopian future of Cyberpunk 2077. Now, we’re setting out on the next journey: to create a completely new IP which is Project Hadar. It is shaped by the same passion, quality, and vision that define everything we do.

Project Hadar is still in its early days. This is an exciting opportunity to join a team that’s building a universe from the ground up where your ideas, experience, and creativity can directly shape the project’s vision, identity, and direction.

We’re looking for an Expert Technical Artist with a focus on Art and Visuals to join our team working on Project Hadar. This is an opportunity to bring attention to detail and a passion for developing high-quality, accessible visuals that meet our ambitious artistic and technological goals.

(This position requires working in our Warsaw Hub. Hybrid working mode available)

Daily Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with artists, engineers, and designers to ensure creative alignment, propose rendering approaches, and translate ideas into achievable goals.
• Conduct regular audits of content integrity from physically-based rendering material values and shaders across environments and characters to the stability of lighting and post-production systems.
• Contribute to the look development effort by analysing visual targets and breaking them down into actionable, real-time-ready proposals.
• Review artistic pipelines and processes to identify potential improvements and propose as well as prototype methods or automation solutions to increase efficiency and productivity.
• Mentor and guide fellow developers on best practices and technical approaches to content creation and rendering.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve rendering and performance-related challenges while maintaining visual coherence across the scalability targets of various platforms.
• Research emerging trends and advancements in rendering technology and great visual achievements.

• 7+ years of experience in real-time graphics, rendering, physical-based lighting, and shading PBR pipeline or technical artistry, particularly with Unreal Engine.
• Excellence in artistry and computer graphics development with finished projects, preferably in a variety of fields like movies, commercials, and games.
• Strong understanding and proven experience in developing and using computer graphics workflows (lighting, rendering, shaders), particularly with Unreal Engine.
• Proficiency in HLSL, GLSL, or other shader/programming languages.
• Effective communication in a team setting, including documenting or visually explaining complex ideas.
• Initiative in driving shared goals, mentoring peers, and contributing both independently and collaboratively.
• Creative and strategic problem-solving abilities that foster innovation.
• Comfortable with iterative processes and learning from feedback, (using feedback and data to continuously refine solutions, comfortably work in cycles of prototyping, testing, and improvement, maintaining flexibility and openness to change).
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

Please include a portfolio that showcases your technical art contributions and, if possible, code samples or relevant tools/scripts that demonstrate your problem-solving and development skills.

Working mode

In-office in a hybrid or full-time capacity in Warsaw, Poland. Relocation is required.

Relocation Support

• Relocation package — flight ticket, company apartment for your first month, relocating your pet and family, shipping your belongings. It’s all covered.
• Relocation assistance — processing your legalization operations for you and  tax settlements — all you need to feel right at home is taken care of.
• Polish lessons for foreign employees — and for your spouse or partner, too.
• Paid Leave — from 20 to 26 days of holiday per year, and paid sick leave.

Health & Well-Being

• Private medical healthcare — a selection of medical plans with dental care and unlimited rehabilitation to choose from, which are also accessible for your partner and relatives.
• Life insurance — comprehensive pension and insurance plans to protect you and your loved ones.
• Annual screenings for cancer prevention covered by the company.
• Psychological and psychiatrist care — free mental health support and various well-being initiatives.
• Sports card — gain access to a wide number of sporting and fitness facilities across the city.
• Menstrual leave — employees who menstruate can take one extra day off when experiencing period pain.
• RED Parents Network — support for working parents, including childcare benefits, and family-friendly events.
• RED Summer Camp for Kids — a fun summer program for children aged 5–12, majoritively paid by the company.

Perks & Professional Growth

• A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team.
• Trainings, lectures, and courses — workshops and trainings for each employee, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available. There’s always something to learn!
• REDs have access to the cafeteria platform through which they can receive subscription benefits, additional medical packages or vouchers and codes to shops, cinemas, and public transport reimbursement.
• Gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!

Social Activities & Life in the Office

• Dog-friendly office — dog owner? Bring your pooch with you and look after them while working! There’s always a furry friend or two to meet at the studio.
• Social events — we host regular gatherings at the studio where we can all unwind, play games, and just have some fun together.
• Healthy selections — ​​canteens.
• Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world.
• Sustainability is an ongoing commitment for us, and our campus has  electric car charging points, green zones, and much more. Read all about it on our Beyond the Game Blog.
• A designated space for your bicycle, as well as bicycle repair equipment and showers available whenever you need them.
• An onsite, well-equipped gym with a climbing wall, daily Gym Assistant support, and yoga and boxing classes.
• No dress-code — we like to keep it casual.

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