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Principal Environment Artist

Epic Games · Cary,North Carolina,United States

Posted about 2 months ago

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This role has been open
66 days
Epic Games's roles stay open a median of 66 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Epic Games's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Epic Games
high
149 stale, 9 reposted of 165 open
Hiring momentum
210 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-08

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Epic Games's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Epic Games.

About this role

As a Principal Environment Artist at Epic Games, you will be responsible for defining and elevating the visual quality of Fortnite's environments. Your role will involve hands-on production of high-quality environment assets, establishing visual standards, developing workflows, and mentoring other artists. You will collaborate with various teams to ensure that artistic vision aligns with gameplay and technical requirements while solving complex challenges in the production process.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Bachelor’s degree or at least 10 years of progressive professional experience creating real-time 3D environments for commercially released video games
  • Professional experience creating production-ready environment assets, materials, modular kits, and complete real-time scenes
  • Professional experience optimizing real-time environment content for performance, memory usage, visual quality, and multiple hardware platforms
  • Professional experience using a 3D content creation application such as Maya, 3ds Max, or Blender; texture-authoring software such as Substance Painter or Substance Designer; and image-editing software such as Photoshop or equivalent professional tools
  • Experience developing or improving environment art workflows, pipelines, documentation, or quality standards
  • Experience reviewing the work of other artists and providing actionable artistic and technical feedback

Nice to have

  • Professional experience using Unreal Engine for environment world-building, PBR materials, lighting, content implementation, and optimization
  • Experience developing large-scale worlds for a AAA, multiplayer, or continuously updated game
  • Experience with procedural environment creation, advanced material systems, shader workflows, terrain systems, or environment art tools
  • Experience establishing visual benchmarks and discipline-wide quality standards
  • Experience collaborating with external development partners or reviewing externally produced environment artwork

What you get

  • 100% of premiums for medical, dental, vision, long term disability, life insurance, and 401k with competitive match
  • Robust mental well-being program providing free therapy and coaching for employees and dependents
  • Unlimited PTO and sick time
  • Paid sabbatical after 7 years of employment
  • Company-wide paid breaks and employee celebration events

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed
  • Role involves both artistic leadership and technical problem-solving, which may require a diverse skill set
  • Expectations for mentoring artists may indicate a need for strong leadership skills

Summarised from Epic Games's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Epic Games on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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