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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 7 days Housemarque's roles stay open a median of 8 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Housemarque's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Housemarque
- low 0 stale, 0 reposted of 5 open
- Hiring momentum
- 7 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Housemarque's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Housemarque.
About this role
As a Principal Lighting Artist at Housemarque, you will lead the lighting direction of projects, collaborating closely with the Art Director and Technical Art Director. Your day-to-day responsibilities include defining workflows, mentoring the lighting team, establishing lighting targets, and ensuring quality and consistency across projects while balancing leadership and hands-on work.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Housemarque as an employer.
What you need
- Shipped at least one PC/Console title in a Senior or Principal Lighting role
- 7–10 years of experience in AAA game development
- Strong expertise in real-time lighting and PBR workflows
- Experience mentoring or guiding other artists (formally or informally)
- Good understanding of lighting pipelines and production workflows
- Ability to balance artistic quality with performance constraints
Nice to have
- Experience with Unreal Engine or a proprietary AAA engine
- Experience with ray tracing or global illumination systems
- Background in cinematography or photography
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Position requires leadership skills but may not have formal lead title experience
- Background checks conducted at the offer stage
Summarised from Housemarque's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Housemarque on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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