Tech Artist - 2D Project (Unity)

About the role

Pine Creek Games is seeking a Tech Artist or Art Programmer to join a small remote team of about nine members. You will work on shader implementation, performance optimisation, particles, lighting, colour grading, shadows and additional post‑processing for a 2D Unity project.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain art pipelines and tools that move assets efficiently from DCC applications such as Photoshop and ToonBoom into Unity.
• Develop and debug shaders and materials in collaboration with artists and engineers.
• Create particle and visual effects, set up and troubleshoot character rigs, skinning, and animation pipelines.
• Establish and enforce technical art standards, naming conventions, LODs, texture budgets and poly counts.
• Profile and optimise art assets for performance, including draw calls, memory usage and shader complexity.
• Collaborate closely with engineers on engine‑side rendering features and document pipelines and tools.

Required profile

• Proven experience as a Tech Artist or Art Programmer in at least one other game studio, preferably an indie environment.
• Strong knowledge of Unity development, C# scripting and HLSL/Shader Graph shading techniques.
• Familiarity with 2D animation pipelines using ToonBoom or similar tools.
• Experience optimising projects for Switch and mobile platforms.

Required skills

• Unity
• C#
• HLSL
• Shader Graph
• ToonBoom
• Photoshop
• Switch platform optimisation
• Mobile optimisation

What we offer

• Salary of 40,000 DKK per month.
• Fully remote work within the CEST time zone (±2 hours).
• Positive and friendly work environment.