Tech Stack

Description

You will drive the lighting vision for our AAA narrative-driven games, using Unreal Engine 5 to create real-time lighting for gameplay, cinematics, and marketing assets while collaborating with engineering and art teams to balance visual quality with performance. As a leader, you will set lighting standards, mentor artists, and help deliver polished, emotionally impactful results.

Requirements

• Strong portfolio showcasing high-quality real-time lighting in Unreal Engine, including gameplay, cinematics, and marketing assets
• Experience in a Lead Lighting Artist role on shipped titles
• Deep hands-on experience lighting complex scenes using UE5
• Excellent understanding of lighting fundamentals such as color, contrast, exposure, composition, and mood
• Strong technical awareness of real-time rendering constraints, profiling, and optimization
• Understanding of grading and colour pipelines
• Deep practical knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 lighting systems and workflows
• Comfortable working closely with engineers
• Experience capturing, processing, and implementing HDR skies / sky domes
• Clear communication skills

Responsibilities

• Help define and execute the lighting vision in alignment with the game's art direction
• Set and maintain lighting standards and best practices
• Lead lighting for real-time gameplay and in-engine cinematics
• Collaborate on high-end marketing and promotional assets
• Act as a go-to expert for UE5 lighting, using Lumen, Virtual Shadow Maps, exposure, post-processing
• Partner with Technical Art and Engineering to explore new features and improve workflows
• Take ownership of lighting performance and identify issues early
• Provide artistic and technical guidance to lighting artists through reviews, feedback, and hands-on support
• Help plan and scope lighting work