About this role
About the Role Lead Technical Artist at Ubisoft Montreal, the go-to expert for technical aspects of content creation on the Unreal engine. You set the technical vision for your domain, help resolve complex problems, and collaborate closely with Technical Direction and production teams to ensure quality, performance, and content coherence. What You'll Do
- Identify the technical needs of your specialty and make recommendations to Technical Direction.
- Contribute to defining and maintaining the technical vision of your domain in alignment with the project.
- Define and evolve the content production pipeline to optimize performance, quality and efficiency.
- Establish and share best practices related to workflows and data management.
- Design or recommend internal tools tailored to the needs of the creation teams.
- Participate in the optimization and debugging of content and technical systems.
- Support teams in content creation and solving technical challenges.
- Provide mentorship to junior profiles and review technical deliverables.
- Collaborate with programming teams to steer feature development.
- Write and maintain clear and accessible technical documentation. What We're Looking For
- Excellent understanding of the fundamentals of game development.
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems.
- Mastery of 3D creation tools, scripting, and technical workflows.
- Deep expertise with Unreal Engine.
- Knowledge of game data optimization methods.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to communicate clearly, both verbally and in writing, in French and English.
- Strong organizational, prioritization, and adaptability skills.