Technical Artist - Virtual Reality

Location England
Discipline: Technology
Job type: Contract
Salary: £66000 - £75000 per annum
Contact name: Emma Shepherd

Contact email: emma.shepherd@principlehr.com
Job ref: 36257
Published: about 1 month ago
Startdate: ASAP

Technical Artist (Unity / Virtual Reality) - Fully Remote in the UK

Contract until the end of the year

£66,000-£75,00 pro rata

We're working with a leading technology company on a high-impact gaming project and are looking for a Technical Artist who thrives at the intersection of visuals and performance. This role is focused on delivering polished, high-performing real-time visuals in a Unity-based VR environment.

Non-negotiable experience:

  • 5+ years working with Unity (production level)
  • Strong understanding of rendering pipelines (Forward/Built-in) and performance optimisation, particularly for mobile/VR
  • Hands-on experience writing shaders (HLSL or equivalent)
  • Proven experience creating both 3D and 2D assets, including procedural workflows (e.g. baking data into textures/meshes)
  • Solid experience with real-time VFX (VFX Graph / Particle Systems)

Apply today, deadline Monday 20th April!