Zynga is looking for a Senior Technical Artist to embark on the next adventure with us! If you're a dedicated, curious, and highly motivated tech artist who loves problem solving with our Directors and Engineers, you will be a phenomenal fit for our diverse and creative team! 

Main Responsibilities 

• Work closely with the Art, Engineering, and Design teams to plan and construct game assets in Unity
• Execute high quality art implementation in Unity
• Enforce optimal performance and efficiency of the game’s final visual assets.
• Work effectively to tackle any art-related bugs.
• Define, maintain and troubleshoot pipeline for in game assets
• Develop and maintain tools for the production pipeline, particularly for animation and technical art tasks
• Create materials/shaders to achieve unique styles and hit amazing visual quality
• Create, maintain, and communicate technical art guidelines and implementation techniques with other team members
• Maintain clean, optimized project, periodically auditing assets and sprite atlases, etc
• Profile builds and provide and implement solutions to address performance issues
• Our ideal candidate is a great communicator, teammate, and proactive problem solver. You draw from a range of skills to creatively determine solutions. You are a contributor of ideas, overseer of pipelines, and collaborator across discipline lines providing expertise and seeking out potential issues before they become problems

Desired Skills and Experience 

• Effective communication with team members of varying disciplines including written documentation of pipeline processes
• Experience working with animation pipelines and assets
• 4+ years of experience with Unity and/or other engines.
• Intermediate skills with 3D modeling, rigging and UV texturing with professional 3D software such as Maya or ZBrush
• Scripting with C#
• Understanding of optimizing 3D and 2D assets for memory and performance considerations
• Experience writing and modifying shaders
• Experience with C# and Python tools
• Core Adobe Creative Suite skills
• Technical background in developing scripts, Photoshop actions, and other automation tools vital for art implementation and optimization
• Proven experience in game development, with shipped titles
• Experience with the Unity Profiler
• Experience with version control software such as Perforce, Git
• Experience with Unity’s UI system (UGUI) is a plus
• Experience creating high quality animations and VFX in Unity is a plus

What we offer you:

• Competitive salary, bonus plan and ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan)
• 401K Company Match Contribution (US)
• RRSP/DPSP company match contribution (Canada)
• Health coverage, dental, disability, critical illness, EAP, and life insurance (Canada)
• Medical, dental, vision, EAP, life insurance, and disability benefits (US)
• Virtual mental health and neurodiversity support programs
• Global Fitness reimbursement program
• Global Wellbeing Program
• Financial wellness program with unlimited access to certified financial planners
• Discretionary Time Off policy for many employees
• Family planning support program
• Generous paid parental, pregnancy-related disability, caregiver, and compassionate leaves
• Subsidized Back-up child care
• Zynga happy hours and frequent employee events
• Flexible working hours on many teams
• Culture of diversity and inclusion including employee resource groups
• Work with cool people and impact millions of daily player

We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to building a diverse and talented workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law. We welcome job-seekers, players, employees, and partners from all backgrounds to join us!

We will consider all qualified job-seekers with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities in order to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at AccommodationRequest@zynga.com to request an accommodation associated with your application for an open position.