Technical Director – UE4 – Visual Effects Studio – London/Remote

This vacancy may offer a work-from-home start until it’s safe to work in-house or relocate to the location.

Project: Visual Effects Studio

OPM are working with a well-known visual effects company based in London seeking an experienced Engine Technical Director who has a deep understanding of UE4 and animation / VFX pipelines.

The studio creates multi-touch interactive tables/walls with dynamic content and interfaces for a wide range of clients.

The successful candidate will be a highly skilled developer with a background in either Virtual Production, Games, Interactive, VR development to take responsibility for guiding the technical vision of multiple beautifully crafted real-time interactive graphics projects.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Extensive professional experience using C++ and developing with UE4.
• High level expertise with all areas of UE4, including a detailed understanding of networking and the replication layer and of Unreal Blueprints and Sequencer interfaces.
• Experience with using Python to generate or maintain a pipeline or toolset.
• Experience with Maya and/or Houdini.
• Experience guiding the technical architecture of a heavily server-based project.
• Experience creating and managing source control and continuous integration systems for runtime and backend deployments.
• Experience creating toolset and workflow technical user documentation.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with producers, technical and creative leads to offer input for the budgeting process for real-time elements of a production.
• Use of Unreal’s sequencer for the generation of Game Engine based previs.
• Assist in the design and management of the pipeline from the artists through to deployment.
• Create interaction and functionality using Unreal's Blueprints system.
• Design complex materials in Unreal and direct artists on best practices for material creation.
• Optimise content through profiling and enhancing performance with the help of diagnostic tools and instructing the artists on modelling and texturing best practices.
• Collaborate with programmers to develop and test new features, prototype shader code, and provide useful feedback during R&D phases.

DESIRED SKILLS (good to have):

• Experience with Unity.

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 418!

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