What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Lighting Artist UE 5.5 – Realtime / 3MONTH CONTRACT position at AVALON?

Job Title : Senior Lighting Artist UE 5.5 – Realtime / / 3MONTH CONTRACT

Overview : We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Lighting Artist with expertise in Unreal Engine 5.5 , focusing on real-time lighting for a MMORPG at Avalon . The ideal candidate must have deep experience with Ultra Dynamic Sky , Volumetric Fog , and achieving high-performance lighting without Lumen, Megalights, or Raytracing . Your portfolio should showcase real-time lighting setups in Unreal Engine, emphasizing performance-efficient techniques for expansive worlds.

Key Responsibilities :

Lighting Implementation & Optimization

Design and implement real-time dynamic lighting solutions tailored for an MMORPG open-world game using Unreal Engine 5.5 .
Utilize Ultra Dynamic Sky to create time-of-day cycles, ensuring seamless transitions between day and night.
Implement Volumetric Fog settings to enhance atmospheric depth without incurring excessive GPU / CPU overhead.
Maintain high performance by working within strict GPU and CPU budgets
Optimize lighting performance

Technical Setup & Pipeline Integration

Establish lighting workflows compatible with a large, seamless open world and integrate them into the Unreal Engine pipeline.

Work closely with environment artists and level designers to ensure consistent and immersive world lighting.

Develop custom lighting blueprints and materials to facilitate the dynamic lighting

Performance Testing & Debugging

Ensure the lighting pipeline is fully optimized for low and high-end PCs

Monitor lighting contributions to shader complexity, draw calls, and memory usage while maintaining high visual fidelity.

Debug and optimize lighting artifacts such as light leaks, shadow pop-in, or flickering issues.

Collaboration & Documentation

Work closely with tech artists, VFX artists, and gameplay designers to ensure lighting aligns with artistic and narrative goals.

Maintain detailed documentation of lighting techniques, best practices, and performance benchmarks .

Required Skills & Qualifications :

5 years of experience in game lighting art , with a focus on real-time lighting .

Expertise in Unreal Engine 5.5 , specifically in Ultra Dynamic Sky, Volumetric Fog, and non-Lumen-based lighting solutions .

Strong understanding of performance constraints in MMORPG open-world development .

Experience with Unreal’s lighting tools

Deep knowledge of UE5 rendering settings and performance profiling tools .

Familiarity with dynamic lighting techniques without the use of Lumen, Raytracing, or Megalights .

Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot lighting-related issues.

A portfolio showcasing real-time lighting work in Unreal Engine (preferably large-scale environments).

We are an E-Verify Employer

RANGE : 10k-13K MO

3 Mo Contract

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