Electronic Arts

Founded in 2010 by the original creators of the Call of Duty Franchise, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when talented people have creative freedom, they'll make extraordinary games that achieve the unexpected. From our roots as an indie studio to joining the expansive roster of studios at Electronic Arts, this remains our guiding principle. We truly love what we do and want to share our passion with players worldwide.

Our shipped titles include critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends, Titanfall, Titanfall 2, Star Wars™ Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars™ Jedi: Survivor and Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. Join us for the opportunity to create groundbreaking games with some of the best developer talent in the industry.

The Apex Legends team is looking for a Principal Technical Artist - Environments to help shape the ways we build worlds and assets. This role touches a wide variety of expertise including tools, procedural systems, asset construction, lighting and material systems, performance optimization, and landscapes. This is a forward-looking position focused on modernizing our worldbuilding pipelines, bringing new efficiency and capabilities to our art team and broadening the expertise of our Technical Art department.

Why join us?

• Opportunity to lead technical art efforts to establish workflows focused on worldbuilding. 

• Partner closely with artists and engineers in a collaborative R&D environment.

• Have a direct and visible impact on players by creating the maps they celebrate.

What you’ll do:

• Interpret high level creative direction for the Apex Legends franchise from the lens of worldbuilding and build technical solutions to hit our goals.

• Assess current worldbuilding pipelines against future looking goals, help establish a vision and roadmap, and finally execute against that plan as a team.

• Work closely with artists and engineers to deeply understand our proprietary technology and unique product requirements.

• Be a direct point of contact/support for a team of content creators

Ideally you’ll have:

• 10+ years of professional game development experience.

• Demonstrated ability to lead multi-disciplinary projects and initiatives.

• A diverse range of experience working in multiple aspects of worldbuilding. For example, material systems, procedural tools, pipeline development, specialty DCC applications, performance and memory profiling and management, or lighting technologies.

• Experience working in proprietary game engines and tools and an understanding of the technical constraints for shipping products on a wide variety of platforms and hardware capabilities.

• Ability to break down complex problems and systems into manageable components, organize the people and the work, and communicate effectively.

• A desire to be a service oriented leader, accommodating desired artistic workflows while maintaining technical standards and goals.

If this opportunity sounds like a great fit for you, please submit your resume and portfolio and we will get back to you once we have reviewed them.

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria)
  • $141,400 - $204,400 CAD

• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. San Francisco)
  • $165,000 - $256,000 USD

In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.