Technical Artist I Minecraft Blast

Craft:

Art

Job Description:

As a Technical Artist on Minecraft Blast, you will be a vital member of the team - working with content creators to diagnose and resolve production bottlenecks, while collaborating with fellow tool developers to create and operate the overall pipeline.

We’re looking for creative thinkers & problem solvers, not years of experience - A hungry for knowledge generalist would be a perfect fit.

This is a fantastic opportunity to learn and grow alongside our TechArt team, hopefully teaching us a thing or two along the way!

Skills to Create Thrills

Key Responsibilities

• Directly supporting content creators integrating their work into Unity
• Maintaining communication with the many different crafts across the team
• Research and development / proactive automation
• Identifying production bottlenecks & proposing solutions
• Collaborate closely with fellow tools developers.
  
  

Required Skills & Experience:

• An inquisitive, technical mindset eager to work with a passionate team.
• General knowledge of a broad spectrum of the games development field
• Knowledge of visual scripting systems and node graphs.
• Experience with the Unity game engine and editor.
• Scripting experience with 3d software packages such as Blender, Maya or Houdini.
  
  

Desirable Skills & Experience :

• Game engine (C#) scripting experience.
• Version control - Knowing how to get the most out of Git & Perforce.
• Profiling & Performance - Analyzing performance data & recommending improvements
• Graphics & Rendering - Creating complex visual effects with shaders, particles and procedural geo
• Rigging & Animation - Authoring rigs & animations, handling modular characters & customization
• Tools & Pipelines - Developing tools that feel good to use / intuitive
• Mentorship experience - Ability to guide and inform others on best practices & workflow nuances
• Knowing some of these keywords: ClipEvents, ShaderGraph, Blender, Validator, State Machines, Blend fields, Navmeshes, Timelines, Particle System, Root Motion, Atlasing.
  
  

What We Offer:

A creative and inclusive environment where thoughtful ideas are valued.

A chance to shape developer experience on Minecraft Blast, our new mobile take on the Minecraft universe.

The opportunity to shape the foundations of our studios overall content pipeline.

Competitive salary, solid benefits, and room to grow both technically and artistically.

About King

With a mission of Making the World Playful, King is a leading interactive entertainment company with more than 20 years of history of delivering some of the world’s most iconic games in the mobile gaming industry, including the world-famous Candy Crush franchise, as well as other mobile game hits such as Farm Heroes Saga. King games are played by more than 200 million monthly active users. King, part of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), has Kingsters in Stockholm, Malmö, London, Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Malta. More information can be found at King.com or by following us on LinkedIn, @lifeatking on Instagram, or @king_games on X.