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Senior Technical Artist

Stockholm, Sweden
Roles:
3D Graphics
Must-have skills:
C#Unity
Considering candidates from:
Europe
Work arrangement: Onsite
Industry: Computer Games
Language: English
Level: Middle or senior
Required experience: 2+ years
Relocation: Paid
Visa support: Provided
Size: 51 - 200 employees
Logo of Ringtail Interactive

Senior Technical Artist

Stockholm, Sweden
Ringtail Interactive is the parent company of businesses within the games industry. Their aim is to create a combination of companies with strong synergies, complementing and supporting each other in growth.

Ringtail Technology is in the midst of developing a high-quality platform that has the possibility to change the way small and medium sized studios create games. Their point is to level the playing field between the possibilities of AAA studios and all the way down to indie game developers.
Tasks:
  • Working closely with the Art Director and Tech Lead, building up the pipelines and tools between Art and Tech
  • Working on shader coding, asset and scene optimizing, and VFX
Must-have:
  • Experience with building up pipelines and tools for mobile games
  • Expert knowledge of the entire 3D and 2D pipeline
  • Expert knowledge of implementing complex art assets and optimizing it
  • Full experience in making new shaders for mobile games
  • Expert level in non-linear animations with coding
  • Expert level of Unity3D and C# as well as other industry-standard graphic tools
  • Expert level of 3D software like Blender or MODO (using Blender as major software will be a big plus)
  • Good artistic eye and imagination to make eye-catching VFX and shaders based on limited references
Nice-to-have:
  • Minimum 7 years of mobile game experience with multiple different projects
  • Willing to learn new skills, and adopt new software quick
  • As a gamer, you bring ideas from your gaming experiences
  • Start-up game development studio experience
Benefits and conditions:
  • Trial period: 4 months
  • Fully-remote working arrangement (based in Sweden; office presence only necessary for team-agreed meetings and company gatherings but fully functional if working from the office is preferred)
  • Relocation package: flight tickets for you (and your family) when you travel to Sweden, help in finding an apartment, assistance with visa application, opening a bank account, and settling down
  • Team and social activities: Friday fika, planning the next team-building offsite, or trying out new games together
  • Full participation in a continued options program
  • Insurance and Pension package
  • 25 days of fully-paid vacation per year
  • Business mobile phone plan
  • Home office equipment and setup
Interview process:
  1. Intro call with Toughbyte
  2. 30 minutes call with the Art Director
  3. Test assignment (2 weeks' deadline)
  4. 1-hour culture fit interview (with 2 members of the team) 
  5. Reference stage
  6. 1-hour CEO interview