Job Description

:
We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION!
For 30 years we've been independently developing and publishing incredible video games at our multiple studios founded by Jason & Chris Kingsley, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd.
We are seeking a Senior Technical Pipeline Artist to help refine, enhance and innovate the development pipelines that power our projects - this is your chance to join a studio famous for the Sniper Elite series, and fresh off the success of Atomfall, our biggest game launch to date.
In your role as a Technical Pipeline Artist you will dive into learning and evaluating our existing game development pipelines, with an aim to improve the efficiency and quality of our work. You will work with artists and programmers, to review creative processes and identify opportunities for improvements to ensure our games are progressive and in line with the direction of industry standards. This is a real opportunity to influence the technical art of Rebellion's future projects and collaborate with our internal Machine Learning department on cutting edge development tools.
A large part of this role will involve machine learning and AI. Rebellion is exploring the power of these tools to improve our development processes, we're doing so with an ethical approach and commitment to responsible AI development, with a goal of facilitating the creativity of our artists, not replacing it.
This role is based at our riverside headquarters in Oxford, offering a creative and relaxed atmosphere where teamwork drives our success. We can provide a relocation package, including moving assistance, temporary accommodation, and full support to ensure a smooth transition to your new environment.
We believe in the power of face-to-face collaboration and encourage working from our Oxford headquarters. However, we understand that flexibility matters, so we're open to discussing hybrid options based on individual needs.
Responsibilities:

• Maintain and improve existing art workflows and practices

• Help with the development and implementation of AI/ML powered processes in an ethical manner

• Identify inefficiencies in the art creation workflows and propose solutions.

• Design and implement new pipeline and optimisation tools to aide content creation.

• Guide artists in learning new and best practices in content creation and optimisation.

• Communicate pipeline improvements and tool adoption to key stakeholders.

• Author and improve technical documentation and tutorials around our tools.

• Proactively gather knowledge of new and up and coming tools or software, including within the ML and AI spaces.

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of game development and art creation workflows.

• Demonstrable experience creating automation pipelines for game development.

• Familiarity with neural networks, machine learning algorithms, generative models and fine-tuning models.

• Strong communication skills across disciplines of game development.

• Good experience within Maya, Blender or 3DS Max.

• Solid understanding of runtime performance costs and how to optimise content.

Desirable

• Knowledge of procedural content creation packages is a bonus.

• Experience with photogrammetry is advantageous.

Benefits:
We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including:

• 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years - one day each year until you reach 31 days)

• Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision

• Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover

• Enhanced Family Leave

• Interest Free, Tax-Free loans

• Enhanced Pension Scheme

• EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support

• Plus loads more... including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!

Right to Work Statement
This role is only open to applicants who have the permanent right to work in the UK. We are unable to provide or take over visa sponsorship, either now or in the future. Applicants must therefore be able to demonstrate their ongoing eligibility to work in the UK without the need for employer sponsorship.
Life at Our Oxford HQ
Our riverside headquarters in Oxford places you a short walk away from the city centre. Renowned for its rich historical backdrop and esteemed educational institutions, Oxford offers a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with its beautiful architecture and green spaces.
Oxford also boasts excellent transport links, making it easy to navigate both the city and the wider country. The city's train station, just a short walk from our studio, offers frequent services to London, as well as direct routes to major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, and Reading and we also offer free parking at the studio.
Our open-plan office promotes teamwork and innovation, with regular interaction with senior management and other departments, alongside access to free hot drinks, a handy tuck shop onsite and a range of local pubs, cafes and dining options nearby helping make every workday enjoyable!
Inside Rebellion
Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.
Find out more about us
Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being.
We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.
If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn't sound quite like you, we're recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we're always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies:
#LI-Onsite

Skills Required