This position available in Malmö/Sweden or Warsaw/Poland for On-Site Hybrid. For very experienced candidates with a proven track record of working remotely, WFH/Europe is a possibility. Elsewhere Entertainment is looking for a VFX Technical Artist to join the development of a new IP. Feed your creativity while collaborating with our team of highly skilled developers to build something innovative, exhilarating, and expansively entertaining. As a member of the Technical Art department, you’ll put your amazing skills to use, solving a wide range of challenges with a special focus on VFX-related tools, techniques, technologies, and workflows. As a member of the project, you’ll help take the studio and our game from great to even greater—promoting inclusivity, mutual respect (for ourselves and our players), thoughtfulness, empathy, professionalism, and collaboration. You’ll help us by… Driving and defining next-generation visual special effects, including particle systems, custom post effects, destruction, hair/fur, and offline-baked effects. Collaborating with artists and engineers to deliver innovative ways of realizing our artistic vision in terms of quality, scale, and performance. Actively participating in maintaining technical asset production and workflows in terms of consistency, scalability, performance, and reusability. Working closely with engineers, peers, and artists to maximize benefits of our next-generation rendering pipeline. You’re awesome because you have… 4+ years of experience as a Technical Artist in the games industry or related industries. Advanced expertise in real-time shader development HLSL, GLSL, or similar shader languages. Experience working with graph-based particle and shader systems in game engines, such as Unreal, Unity, or proprietary ones. Good understanding of modern rendering pipelines, lighting, HDR, and post-processing effects. Strong experience profiling and optimizing shaders and rendering performance across platforms. Ability to bridge the gap between art and engineering with clear communication and documentation. Bonus points for… Having worked on AAA titles. Special preference for shipped titles with high visual fidelity and/or large content variety. Knowledge of advanced rendering concepts: ray tracing, screen-space effects, compute shaders, tessellation, … Proven leadership or managerial experience. Sharing materials/shaders between different engines, DCCs, or shader languages. Experience with machine learning. Having used interchange formats such as OpenUSD, MaterialX, or similar. Worked hands-on with consoles and related tools. Enjoyment of playing a variety of video game genres and titles. Not sure you meet all the qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.