Senior Technical Artist I, Pipeline | Unannounced Game | Irvine, CA
Blizzard EntertainmentResponsibilities
- Build and support tools and workflows for world-building and environment art production.
- Partner with environment artists and world builders to identify pipeline gaps and improve production efficiency.
- Develop and maintain import, export, validation, and publishing workflows for environment content.
- Support large-scale environment creation involving terrain, vegetation, modular kits, materials, and world assembly.
- Create automation for asset quality, naming consistency, data integrity, and performance compliance.
- Troubleshoot pipeline and content issues involving performance, memory, rendering, and build stability.
- Enable procedural and semi-procedural workflows using Houdini, Blueprint, PCG, or similar systems.
- Collaborate with technical art and engineering partners to define sustainable pipeline standards and best practices.
- Document workflows and provide hands-on support so artists can work effectively and independently.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in technical art, pipeline engineering, or a similar game-development role.
- At least one shipped major title in a relevant technical-art role.
- Experience supporting large-scale environment-art content pipelines on shipped titles.
- Strong Python scripting and tool-development skills.
- Expertise building validation, import/export, and publishing workflows.
- Proficiency creating Unreal Engine editor utility widgets.
- Proficiency with industry-standard 3D tools such as Maya and Houdini.
- Strong understanding of environment-art workflows, including modular construction, terrain, materials, vegetation, and optimization.
- Strong working knowledge of Unreal Engine or a comparable real-time engine.
- Strong debugging, communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with a focus on artist-friendly tools and user interfaces.
- Preferred experience with Perforce, build systems, Jenkins, automated content checks, Gaea, landscaping automation, Substance 3D Designer tools, and early-development or R&D phases.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings or reimbursement accounts, healthcare and dependent-care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, and disability insurance.
- 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and charitable donation matching.
- Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leave, and parental leave.
- Mental health and wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and other voluntary benefits.
- Relocation assistance may be available if the company requires geographic relocation for the job.
- The role is based in Irvine, California; benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and may vary for part-time, temporary full-time employees, and interns.
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About Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software. After establishing the Blizzard Entertainment label in 1994, the company quickly became one of the most popular and well-respected makers of computer games. By focusing on creating well-designed, highly enjoyable entertainment experiences, Blizzard Entertainment has maintained an unparalleled reputation for quality since its inception. At Blizzard Entertainment, we pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, we’ve been creating genre-defining games for millions of players around the world for more than 30 years. We’re on a quest: Crafting Genre-Defining Games and Legendary Worlds for All to Share. Hard work, iteration and polish go into the Blizzard “secret recipe,” but the most important ingredients come from talented people who share our vision. If that sounds like you, join us. Blizzard Entertainment is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.