As a Lead VFX Artist at Cloud Chamber you’ll join a group of talented developers to drive the creation, implementation, and optimization of cutting-edge visual effects for BioShock 4. In this role you will lead and mentor a team of VFX artists and manage their creative mandates. Your main objective in this role is to set the technical benchmark for VFX quality, drive pipeline development, and inspire your team to help bring our richly imagined world to life.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, prototype, and implement real-time visual effects (environmental, gameplay, cinematic, character-based, destruction, etc.) using Unreal Engine 5 and Niagara.
• Help refine the artistic style and quality bar for VFX, ensuring alignment with the game’s creative vision.
• Develop, document, and maintain efficient VFX pipelines, including asset workflows, optimization guidelines, and integration standards.
• Partner with Tech Art and Engineering to troubleshoot, profile, and optimize effects across multiple platforms.
• Establish best practices for asset creation, shader usage, GPU/CPU performance, and memory footprint.
• Lead, mentor, and provide feedback to a team of VFX artists, fostering growth and high-quality output.
• Work closely with other departments (Environment, Animation, Lighting, Audio, Design) to integrate VFX seamlessly into the gameplay experience.
• Act as the primary point of contact for all VFX-related topics, guiding cross-disciplinary discussions.
  
  

What We’ll Do Together:

You will be a key part of the shared creative journey at Cloud Chamber by leading the charge to develop and maintain the VFX pipeline and technical vision. Your expertise and mentorship will directly empower our VFX team, ensuring we deliver optimized, high-fidelity effects that shape the player's experience and define the unique atmosphere of BioShock 4.

What You’ve Done:

• A minimum of 8+ years in game development, with at least 3+ years in a Senior or Lead capacity with 1 or more AAA console or PC titles shipped from concept to launch, recognized for high visual fidelity or complex technical effects.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Art, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of professional VFX experience in the video game industry, with at least 1 shipped AAA title as a senior or lead artist.
• Expert knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 (Niagara, Material Editor, Sequencer, Blueprint integration).
• Strong understanding of real-time pipelines, including asset workflows, performance budgets, and optimization techniques.
• Solid grasp of timing, motion, and visual storytelling principles to craft effects that enhance player immersion.
• Experience with particle simulation, and dynamic materials.

Who You Are:

• Able to balance artistic quality with technical performance across multiple platforms.
• Experienced in working in cross-disciplinary teams with strong communication skills.
• Passion for pushing the boundaries of real-time visual effects.
• A proven leader with excellent management and mentoring skills and a track record of successfully guiding high functioning teams.
• A solid communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly, package information for diverse audiences, and deliver difficult feedback with empathy and professionalism.
• A reliable, positive force multiplier, actively seeking opportunities to integrate work across disciplines and contribute to a healthy, supportive team environment.
• Demonstrates persistence, self-motivation, and a proactive mindset, maintaining effectiveness and quality under pressure, ambiguity, and fast-changing priorities.
• Build and maintain trust-based relationships across all levels of the organization, showing an ability to listen actively, understand differing perspectives, and navigate organizational complexity with tact and emotional intelligence.
• Highly open to feedback and direction, possessing a desire to learn new skills, and capable of producing quick, quality revisions based on new insights or constraints.
• A strong ownership of tasks, drives work forward autonomously, and maintains a critical eye for detail and organization to ensure high standards of quality.

Who We Are:

At Cloud Chamber we strive to make BioShock games that move people: evocative, immersive, and meaningful experiences that stay with you long after you’ve rolled credits. Great games are born from great collaborations, supported by a culture that brings out the best in our teams. We work openly, learn through play, take ownership, push ourselves to be better, and deliver for our players.

For candidates located in Quebec:

• Proficiency in French is required.
• Proficiency in English is required to effectively collaborate with teams based in the United States.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform their essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never use instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews. When emailing prospective employees, we only use 2K.com accounts.

The pay range for this position in California at the start of employment is expected to be between $133,900 and $198,160 per Year. However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations. Subject to those same considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a bonus and/or equity awards and eligibility to participate in our 401(K) plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including: medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance coverage; 14 paid holidays per calendar year; paid vacation time per calendar year (ranging from 15 to 25 days) or eligibility to participate in the Company's discretionary time off program; up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year; paid parental and compassionate leave; wellbeing programs for mental health and other wellness support; family planning support through Maven; commuter benefits; and reimbursements for fitness-related expenses.

As a Lead VFX Artist at Cloud Chamber you’ll join a group of talented developers to drive the creation, implementation, and optimization of cutting-edge visual effects for BioShock 4. In this role you will lead and mentor a team of VFX artists and manage their creative mandates. Your main objective in this role is to set the technical benchmark for VFX quality, drive pipeline development, and inspire your team to help bring our richly imagined world to life.

What You’ll Do:

• Design, prototype, and implement real-time visual effects (environmental, gameplay, cinematic, character-based, destruction, etc.) using Unreal Engine 5 and Niagara.
• Help refine the artistic style and quality bar for VFX, ensuring alignment with the game’s creative vision.
• Develop, document, and maintain efficient VFX pipelines, including asset workflows, optimization guidelines, and integration standards.
• Partner with Tech Art and Engineering to troubleshoot, profile, and optimize effects across multiple platforms.
• Establish best practices for asset creation, shader usage, GPU/CPU performance, and memory footprint.
• Lead, mentor, and provide feedback to a team of VFX artists, fostering growth and high-quality output.
• Work closely with other departments (Environment, Animation, Lighting, Audio, Design) to integrate VFX seamlessly into the gameplay experience.
• Act as the primary point of contact for all VFX-related topics, guiding cross-disciplinary discussions.

What We’ll Do Together:

You will be a key part of the shared creative journey at Cloud Chamber by leading the charge to develop and maintain the VFX pipeline and technical vision. Your expertise and mentorship will directly empower our VFX team, ensuring we deliver optimized, high-fidelity effects that shape the player's experience and define the unique atmosphere of BioShock 4.

What You’ve Done:

• A minimum of 8+ years in game development, with at least 3+ years in a Senior or Lead capacity with 1 or more AAA console or PC titles shipped from concept to launch, recognized for high visual fidelity or complex technical effects.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Art, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of professional VFX experience in the video game industry, with at least 1 shipped AAA title as a senior or lead artist.
• Expert knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 (Niagara, Material Editor, Sequencer, Blueprint integration).
• Strong understanding of real-time pipelines, including asset workflows, performance budgets, and optimization techniques.
• Solid grasp of timing, motion, and visual storytelling principles to craft effects that enhance player immersion.
• Experience with particle simulation, and dynamic materials.

Who You Are:

• Able to balance artistic quality with technical performance across multiple platforms.
• Experienced in working in cross-disciplinary teams with strong communication skills.
• Passion for pushing the boundaries of real-time visual effects.
• A proven leader with excellent management and mentoring skills and a track record of successfully guiding high functioning teams.
• A solid communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly, package information for diverse audiences, and deliver difficult feedback with empathy and professionalism.
• A reliable, positive force multiplier, actively seeking opportunities to integrate work across disciplines and contribute to a healthy, supportive team environment.
• Demonstrates persistence, self-motivation, and a proactive mindset, maintaining effectiveness and quality under pressure, ambiguity, and fast-changing priorities.
• Build and maintain trust-based relationships across all levels of the organization, showing an ability to listen actively, understand differing perspectives, and navigate organizational complexity with tact and emotional intelligence.
• Highly open to feedback and direction, possessing a desire to learn new skills, and capable of producing quick, quality revisions based on new insights or constraints.
• A strong ownership of tasks, drives work forward autonomously, and maintains a critical eye for detail and organization to ensure high standards of quality.

Who We Are:

At Cloud Chamber we strive to make BioShock games that move people: evocative, immersive, and meaningful experiences that stay with you long after you’ve rolled credits. Great games are born from great collaborations, supported by a culture that brings out the best in our teams. We work openly, learn through play, take ownership, push ourselves to be better, and deliver for our players.

For candidates located in Quebec:

• Proficiency in French is required.
• Proficiency in English is required to effectively collaborate with teams based in the United States.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform their essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never use instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews. When emailing prospective employees, we only use 2K.com accounts.

Qui nous sommes:

Fondée en 2005, 2K Games est une entreprise internationale de jeux vidéo, éditant des titres développés par certains des studios de développement les plus influents au monde. Nos studios, responsables du développement du portefeuille de jeux de classe mondiale de 2K sur plusieurs plateformes, incluent Gearbox, Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber et HB Studios. Notre portefeuille de titres s’élargit grâce à notre plan stratégique mondial ainsi qu’à la création et à l’acquisition de studios novateurs dont les contenus continuent d’inspirer des millions de joueur·euse·s à travers le monde ! 2K publie des titres dans les genres de jeu les plus populaires: jeux de sport, jeux de tir, de rôle, d’action, de stratégie, ainsi que des jeux occasionnels et familiaux.Notre équipe d’ingénieur·e·s, de spécialistes du marketing, d’artistes, de scénaristes, de scientifiques de données, de producteur·rice·s, de penseur·euse·s et de personnes d’action constitue le pilier éditorial professionnel de notre bibliothèque croissante de franchises acclamées par la critique telles que NBA 2K, BioShock, Borderlands, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, WWE 2K et XCOM.

Chez 2K, nous sommes fier·ère·s de créer un environnement de travail inclusif, ce qui signifie encourager les membres de nos équipes à venir tel·le·s qu’ils·elles sont et à se dépasser ! Nous encourageons la diversité et l’inclusion et voulons que notre communauté de candidat·e·s reflète cet engagement. Nous encourageons toutes les personnes qualifiées à explorer nos opportunités à l’échelle internationale.

2K a son siège social à Novato, en Californie, et est un label détenu en propriété exclusive par Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ : TTWO).

Ce que nous recherchons

Nous sommes à la recherche d’un programmeur outils talentueux et polyvalent pour rejoindre notre équipe en pleine croissance.
Vous contribuerez au développement et au support d’outils de développement internes centralisés, intégrés aux pipelines existants des studios, avec un accent initial sur l’avenir des tests automatisés dans l’ensemble du portefeuille de jeux de 2K.
Ce poste est idéal pour un programmeur passionné par la création de logiciels qui augmentent l’efficacité et soutiennent les équipes créatives.
Vous collaborerez avec des équipes diversifiées issues de plusieurs studios 2K, en proposant des solutions créatives et en accélérant la création d’expériences joueur de tout premier ordre.

Ce que vous ferez

●      Développer et maintenir des outils centralisés, en mettant l’accent sur des solutions et frameworks automatisés

●      Intégrer ces outils dans les pipelines de différentes équipes de développement réparties sur plusieurs studios

●      Identifier de manière proactive les besoins techniques partagés et construire des solutions pour accélérer le développement

●      Étendre la compatibilité des outils à de nouvelles plateformes tout en maintenant un haut niveau de qualité et d’efficacité

Ce qui fera de vous un(e) excellent(e) candidat(e)

●     Solide expérience en C++ et avec Unreal Engine 5 (systèmes de base et blueprints)

●     2 ans ou plus d’expérience dans le développement d’outils pour jeux vidéo AAA, notamment d’outils d’automatisation

●     Familiarité avec les principes de test automatisé et les outils associés, y compris UE Gauntlet et le sessions frontend

●     Expérience avec de larges bases de code, sur plusieurs projets, et à l’aise avec différents systèmes de contrôle de version

●     Excellentes compétences en communication dans un environnement rapide et interdisciplinaire

Compétences supplémentaires

●      Expérience avec les pipelines DCC (Digital Content Creation) et le développement d’outils pour les éditeurs

●     Connaissance des concepts et frameworks liés au machine learning / à l’intelligence artificielle

●     Expérience avec les systèmes CI/CD (ex. : TeamCity, Jenkins)

●     Familiarité avec les systèmes d’interface utilisateur (UI) dans Unreal Engine

En tant qu’employeur garantissant l’égalité des chances, nous nous engageons à faire en sorte que les personnes qualifiées en situation de handicap bénéficient d'accommodements raisonnables leur permettant de participer au processus de candidature ou d’entretien, d’exercer les fonctions essentielles de leur poste, et de bénéficier des autres avantages et privilèges liés à l’emploi.

Veuillez nous contacter si vous avez besoin d’un accommodement raisonnable.

Veuillez noter que 2K Games et ses studios n'utilisent jamais d'applications de messagerie instantanée ni de comptes email personnels pour contacter des candidats ou mener des entretiens. Lorsqu’ils envoient des emails, ils utilisent uniquement des adresses se terminant par @2K.com.

Who We Are

2K is headquartered in Novato, California and is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005, 2K Games is a global video game company, publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2K’s portfolio of world-class games across multiple platforms, include Gearbox, Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, HB Studios, and 2K SportsLab. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan, building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment.

Our team of engineers, marketers, artists, writers, data scientists, producers, thinkers and doers, are the professional publishing stewards of 2K’s portfolio currently includes several AAA, sports and entertainment brands, including global powerhouse NBA®️ 2K, renowned BioShock®️, Borderlands®️, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization®️ and XCOM®️ brands; popular WWE®️ 2K and WWE®️ SuperCard franchises, TopSpin 2K25, as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR®️ 2K

At 2K, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive work environment, which means encouraging our teams to Come as You Are and do your best work! We encourage ALL applicants to explore our global positions, even if they don’t meet every requirement for the role. If you're interested in the job and think you have what it takes to work at 2K, we encourage you to apply!

What We Need

We are seeking a talented and versatile Tools Programmer to join our growing team. You will help develop and support centralized, internal development tools that slot into existing studio pipelines, with an initial focus on shaping the future of automated testing across 2K’s portfolio of games. This role is perfect for an engineer who loves to build software that increases efficiency and empowers creative teams. You will collaborate with diverse groups across multiple 2K studios, offering creative solutions and accelerating the creation of best-in-class player experiences.

What You’ll Do

●      Develop and maintain centralized tools, focusing on automated solutions and frameworks

●      Integrate tools into various game team pipelines across multiple studios

●      Proactively identify shared technical needs and build solutions to accelerate development

●      Expand tool support across new platforms while maintaining quality and efficiency

What Will Make You A Great Fit

●      Strong C++ and Unreal Engine 5 experience (core systems and blueprints)

●      2+ years in AAA video game tools development, building automation tools

●      Familiarity with automated testing principles and tools, including UE Gauntlet and sessions frontend

●      Experience working on large codebases across multiple projects and navigating multiple version control systems

●      Excellent communication skills for a fast-paced, cross-functional environment

Bonus Qualifications

●      Experience with DCC pipelines and editor tooling

●      Experience with machine learning / AI concepts and frameworks

●      Experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., TeamCity, Jenkins)

●      Familiarity with UI systems within Unreal Engine

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us if you need reasonable accommodation.

Please note that 2K Games and its studios never uses instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees or conduct interviews and when emailing, only use 2K.com accounts.

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