Senior Lead Technical Artist

Position:
Sr Lead Technical Artist

Company:
Aristocrat

Location:
India, Noida

Employment type:
Full time

Work Arrangement:
Hybrid

Short Summary:
We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior Lead Technical Artist to join our technical art team. This role is ideal for a technical expert who thrives at the intersection of art and technology and is passionate about delivering visually compelling and technically robust game experiences.

Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary technical art expert for complex and business-critical implementation challenges across multiple game projects.
- Drive technical solutions that achieve high visual fidelity while balancing performance and platform constraints.
- Act as the technical authority for Unity-based asset implementation, integration, and optimization.
- Collaborate with engineers to resolve complex rendering, animation, UI, and performance-related challenges.
- Drive improvements to asset implementation pipelines, workflows, and automation solutions.
- Identify recurring production bottlenecks and develop scalable technical solutions.
- Design, develop, and maintain tools, scripts, and workflow enhancements that improve team productivity and quality.
- Establish and maintain technical standards for asset integration, optimization, and implementation.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex visual and technical issues throughout development and testing.
- Partner with multiple game teams to promote best practices and consistent implementation standards.
- Mentor Technical Artists and Lead Technical Artists through technical guidance, code reviews, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
- Contribute to documentation and continuous improvement of technical art processes.

Requirement:
- 8+ years of experience as a Technical Artist in game development or a related field.
- Expert-level proficiency in Adobe After Effects and Photoshop.
- Strong working knowledge of Unity, including asset integration, animation workflows, particle systems, prefabs, debugging, and optimization techniques.
- Experience implementing and troubleshooting complex visual features within Unity.
- Strong understanding of game content pipelines, asset optimization, and implementation workflows.
- Experience developing tools, scripts, or automation solutions using C#, Python, JavaScript, or similar technologies.
- Familiarity with shaders, materials, rendering pipelines, and real-time performance optimization.
- Experience with version control systems such as Perforce or GitHub and project management tools such as JIRA.
- Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex production issues.
- Ability to mentor team members and provide technical guidance across projects.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience in slot, casual, or mobile game development is preferred.

Benefits:
- Robust benefits package
- Global career opportunities