Senior Pipeline Technical Artist; SFD​/Cinematics | Irvine, CA

Overview

Blizzard Entertainment's cinema tics team is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Pipeline Technical Artist to support and develop our production pipeline. You will work closely with artists and other developers to design and improve workflows, build tools, and provide technical support. You should have a broad knowledge of tools and workflows currently used in the game industry, familiarity with CG/VFX, as well as direct experience with digital asset management and pipeline tool development.

Excellent communication skills are a must.

This role is a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.

This is a full-time staff position.

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Provide technical support for artists in production
• Maintain our existing code base and develop new libraries and tools as necessary
• Contribute to the design and development of our production workflows
• Mentor the team around you to ensure art is technically compliant and performant
• Directly contribute to establishing and improving artist workflows

• 8+ years of experience in developing pipeline tools and workflows in a CG production environment
• Experience with real-time asset implementation and optimization
• Experience with PyQt / PySide development
• Experience shipping content produced in Unreal, bonus points for cinematic content (rendered or real-time)

• Excellent knowledge of Unreal, including scripting (blueprints, Python, HLSL)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong knowledge of Python and object-oriented programming practices
• Strong working knowledge of Maya
• Strong understanding of the CG production process, from asset creation to final implementation

• A team-oriented approach to your work and understanding of the importance of collaboration.
• Self-motivated ability to proactively solve problems
• Strong desire to function in a technical support role
• Solid understanding of the game development process outside of technical art

• Experience with Substance Painter & Designer
• Experience with Pixar's USD file format
• Familiarity with Blizzard games and cinema tics

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 Star Craft, we’ve been creating genre-defining games for millions of players around the world for more than 30 years. We’re on a quest: bring our dreams to life and craft the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. 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

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world  largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, Candy Crush and Bubble Witch. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the…