Job Description
The Wearables Games team is building interactive game experiences for wearable devices. We’re looking for a versatile, traditional Technical Artist who can act as the glue between art, design, and engineering—helping the team move efficiently from prototype to polished, shippable content.
What you will do:
Own the shader and VFX pipeline for 3 AR games shipping on RayBan Meta display glasses
Author real-time shaders for novel AR interactions: hand effects, spatial puzzle depth cues, mission controller table-view rendering
Build and optimize particle/VFX systems for game feel across all 3 titles
Hit performance targets on hardware with tight compute and memory budget
Partner with another TA (character pipeline) and a stylized 3D generalist
What we are looking for:
Shipped a title as primary shader or VFX TA on console, PC, or mobile
Strong shader authoring in HLSL/GLSL or node-based graphs (Unreal Material Editor, Unity Shader Graph)
VFX systems experience (Niagara, VFX Graph, or equivalent)
Performance-first mindset - optimization, profiling, budget management
Bonus: AR/MR or hand tracking content, Houdini, procedural tool development
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Required Skills & Experience
Shipped at least 1 console/mobile title as primary shader or VFX TA
5 years' experience shipping games in Unreal or Unity
Strong shader authoring
Nice to Have Skills & Experience
Houdini
AR/MR experience, hand tracking content
Procedural tools
Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.