Game Development Technical Specialist

5 days ago


Canada IFG - International Financial Group Full time
Company Overview

IFG - International Financial Group is a leading financial services company dedicated to providing innovative solutions for our clients. We value creativity, collaboration, and excellence in everything we do.

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Technical Artist to join our team. As a Technical Artist, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the high-quality visuals and performance of our games. Your responsibilities will include working closely with the Technical Art team to maintain and develop tools, pipelines, systems, and runtime performance. You will also collaborate with other disciplines to identify and resolve workflow issues, run-time performance problems, and optimize content complexity.

You will use your exceptional problem-solving skills to troubleshoot performance issues in Environments, animations, and character-specific problems. Additionally, you will create technical documentation, communicate with external vendors, and fix bugs as reported.

Key Responsibilities

  • Maintain and develop high-quality tools, pipelines, systems, and runtime performance.
  • Collaborate with the Technical Art team to ensure high-quality visuals and performance.
  • Work with art teams to reduce content complexity, lighting cost, draw calls, etc.
  • Use pix to identify content performance concerns and communicate over-budget assets.
  • Troubleshoot performance issues in Environments, animations, and characters.
  • Create technical documentation and communicate with external vendors.
  • Fix bugs as reported.

Requirements

To succeed in this role, you will need:
  • A strong understanding of production processes related to video games.
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills, specifically test, and debug technical issues.
  • Excellent knowledge in 2D/3D art packages (Photoshop/Maya).
  • Scripting/programming skills in python, C#, and C++.
  • Games experience is highly valued but not mandatory.

Benefits

As a member of our team, you will enjoy a competitive compensation package, opportunities for professional growth and development, and a dynamic work environment that encourages creativity and collaboration. At IFG - International Financial Group, we strive to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can contribute and thrive.

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