Principal Technical Artist (Unreal)

As a Principal Technical Artist at Ubisoft Montreal, you are the key reference for technical content creation within your area of expertise on Unreal Engine . You help shape technical direction, support complex problem solving, and collaborate closely with technical leadership and production teams to ensure high-quality, performant, and consistent content.

What you’ll do

• Identify technical needs within your specialty and provide recommendations to technical leadership
• Contribute to defining and maintaining the technical vision for your domain
• Define and evolve the content production pipeline to support performance , quality , and efficiency
• Establish and share best practices related to workflows and data management
• Design or recommend internal tools that support content creation teams
• Support optimization and debugging efforts across technical content
• Guide teams during content creation and help resolve technical challenges
• Provide mentorship to junior profiles and review technical deliverables
• Collaborate with programming teams to guide feature development
• Create and maintain clear technical documentation

What you bring to the team

• Strong understanding of technical foundations in game development
• Proven ability to solve complex technical problems
• Experience with 3D creation tools , scripting , and technical workflows
• Deep expertise with Unreal Engine
• Knowledge of game data optimization practices
• Strong collaboration skills within multidisciplinary teams
• Clear written and verbal communication skills in English and French
• Ability to prioritize work and adapt to change

What to send our way

• Your CV highlighting relevant skills and experiences
• Examples of projects, tools, or technical contributions using Unreal Engine