[Hiring] Senior Environment Artist @BulletFarm

Role Description

You are joining at the ground level of world-building for a new IP with three distinct visual environments. Your assets and in-engine work will establish the visual quality bar that the external environment art team, which scales significantly in 2027, will be measured against.

• Work from briefs and creative direction with discipline.
• Build modular kits that are production-ready and scalable.
• Hit technical requirements, meet production schedules, and produce consistent output without requiring close oversight.
• Execute the direction set by the Art Director at a high level and help make the standards concrete.
• Bring worlds to life through strong craftsmanship, compositional instinct, and attention to detail.
• Work across multiple visual styles and execute against a creative vision without requiring ownership of the direction.
• Understand how environments shape mood, gameplay, exploration, and storytelling.
• Create authentic, immersive, and visually compelling spaces.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as an Environment Artist, with credits on one or more shipped AAA or AA titles.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating excellence in environment creation across multiple styles and settings.
• Expertise in modular environment creation and world-building workflows.
• Experience creating both architectural and organic environment assets.
• Proficiency with Substance Painter, ZBrush, Maya, or equivalent industry-standard tools.
• Strong understanding of composition, scale, lighting, material definition, and environmental storytelling.
• Experience creating production-ready assets that meet performance and technical requirements.
• Experience with Unreal Engine 5 environment creation workflows.
• Familiarity with Nanite, Lumen, Virtual Shadow Maps, and modern UE5 environment pipelines.
• Ability to work effectively from creative briefs, concept art, and established style guides.
• Active engagement with AI tools relevant to environment art.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Ability to balance quality, efficiency, and production schedules.

Requirements

• Experience creating atmospheric, grounded, realistic, or dark-themed environments.
• Knowledge of material creation workflows and physically based rendering (PBR) techniques.
• Experience supporting outsourced art production or collaborating with external development partners.
• Familiarity with procedural workflows and environment optimization techniques.
• Experience working on action, horror, immersive simulation, or narrative-driven titles.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary, health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Own the rendering and graphics technology stack for a new AAA title.
• Solve challenging graphics and performance problems using cutting-edge UE5 technology.

Company Description

BulletFarm is an independent, AAA studio backed by GreaterThan Group, a strategic co-owner with deep gaming industry experience and a long-term ownership model aligned with the studio’s success.

• Remote first: work alongside a small, senior team from anywhere in the US or Canada.
• Join early enough that your decisions matter.
• Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity.