About the role:

Thunderful is looking for an Experienced Technical Artist for our game projects developed from our Malmö office, who is currently working on an unannounced project set in the SteamWorld universe being developed in Unity. You will work with programmers and artists in designing, implementing, and creating tools, shaders, and VFX and testing technical solutions. You will be the only Technical Artist working in the team but be part of the larger network of Technical Artists working across other projects at Thunderful; as the only Technical Artist, you will have a lot of influence over the Technical Art area.

Responsibilities Include:

• Produce shaders and VFX that connects to the game mechanics
• Work with shader development, optimization, and debugging in HLSL.
• Work with Art Directors to implement the artistic vision of the game whilst assessing technical restrictions.
• Work with programmers to implement features and tools, as well as solve problems in-game and within the art assets pipeline.
• Own, create and share documentation of your work with colleagues on the project.

Requirements: 

• Experience working with HLSL/GLSL and Python
• Experienced in creating and implementing Visual Effects
• Good understanding of real-time rendering and shaders
• Strong understanding of asset creation, pipelines, and workflows.
• Experience working in Unity and/or Unreal Engine.
• Experience with or willingness to switch over to Blender
• Excellent verbal and written English skills.
• Self-starter and solution-oriented, with strong communication- and excellent organization skills, ability to work alone and manage time effectively.

Bonus points:

• Experience in developing, maintaining & optimizing GPU shaders
• Experience creating textures, preferably in Substance Designer
• Experience with C#/C++
• Experience liaising with programming departments to develop proprietary tools
• Experience working with Houdini

Our perks:

• Collective Agreement - Tekniktjänsteavtalet (+ union club)
  • Pension plan (tjänstepension)
  • Paid overtime

• Flexible work hours
• Yearly wellness grant (friskvårdsbidrag)
• Occupational Health Care
• Weekly Wellness activity hours - Two hours per week!

About Thunderful:

Thunderful Development is a studio that is part of Thunderful games and was formed by several indie companies coming together to make something more significant than they could have done independently.
Today, we're roughly 140 people in team sizes of 15-35 people making amazing games in four locations; Gothenburg, Skövde, Malmö & Karlshamn. The teams within have developed the award-winning SteamWorld series, known for its frequent genre-hopping and inclusive design, and more recent AA games like The Gunk, Lost in Random, and other unannounced but equally charming titles.

About the Malmö Office 

Thunderful have come to Malmö to stay! We are looking for talented, friendly, and highly creative people with all kinds of backgrounds & perspectives to build the best games possible - and have a blast while doing so! We will keep the good parts of a smaller studio while expanding.

The Office is located at the wonderful Devhub, an environment filled with game companies & indie developers. And outside the building, you’ll find more pubs and restaurants per capita than anywhere else in Sweden. So finding a good lunch is easy as pie.

Contact

Got questions about the position or Thunderful in general? Please contact:

Pierre Dahlgren
Talent Acquisition Manager - Thunderful Games
E-mail: pierre.dahlgren@thunderfulgames.com
Phone: +(46) 076-027 82 10

You can also send your inquiries to our Union club:

Email: unionen@thunderfulgames.com