Technical Artist

This is an opportunity to join a fast-growing, multidisciplinary team, that is built on the values of innovation, empathy, mastery, transparency, and respect—a few pivotal and core values for a science-based startup that aims at impacting people’s lives positively.

VRapeutic is on the lookout for a proficient Technical Artist. You are expected to be collaborating with a team of 3D modelers, VR developers, quality assurance and testing professionals, and a project manager. While coordinating with the rest of the team, you will be focusing on implementing technical art features and helping the art content production team realize their vision while keeping 3D art assets optimized in order to run efficiently on diverse platforms with varying computational capabilities.

Responsibilities:

• Work with 3D modelers and VR developers on the creation of computationally optimized 3D art assets
• Establish and maintain technical benchmarks for the production pipeline
• Implement format-agnostic art optimizations using Blender, with efficient handling for glTF files
• Create and maintain technical documentation
• Share with the other artists best-practices and new tools
• Identify and realize art-pipeline optimizations and automations
• Implement light baking in Blender
• Provide technical support for the art content production team in troubleshooting and day-by-day production issues
• Supervise the integration and validation of art optimization with Unity and three.js
• Implement technical art features with the help of the programming team
• Create and maintain technical documentation
• Share with the other artists best-practices and new tools

Advantages and Perks

• Flexible working hours and working venue
• Office in downtown Cairo, very close to diverse amenities
• Professional development and online courses/specializations covered by VRapeutic