Technical Artist - Lookdev (Contract Position)
Blackbird Interactive(5 days ago)
About this role
A Lookdev-focused Technical Artist at Blackbird Interactive helps define the visual identity of the studio’s games by driving material, lighting, and rendering decisions within real-time constraints. The role sits across art and engineering, supporting production-friendly workflows and ensuring visual consistency across assets and environments. This position supports in-studio, remote (Canada), and hybrid arrangements.
Required Skills
- Shaders
- Materials
- Lighting
- Real-Time Rendering
- PBR
- Shader Authoring
- Shader Graph
- HLSL
- Optimization
- Profiling
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About Blackbird Interactive
blackbirdinteractive.comBlackbird Interactive is a Vancouver-based game studio founded by industry veterans that develops narrative-driven strategy and simulation games with high technical fidelity. The studio is best known for reviving the Homeworld franchise with Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak and for the physics-driven ship‑salvage simulator Hardspace: Shipbreaker. Blackbird builds both original IP and collaborative projects, emphasizing strong worldbuilding, realistic physics, and player-focused tools. Their work is noted for combining cinematic storytelling with robust engineering and technical innovation.
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