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Apex Systems, an IT staffing and workforce solutions firm, provides recruiting and staffing services to large and small companies alike. Founded in 1995 by thre

Biome Artist

Location

United States

Posted

10 days ago

Salary

$45 - $55 / hour

Seniority

Senior

No structured requirement data.

Job Description

Biome Artist

Apex Systems

Biome Artist Job#: 3036154 Location: United States (Remote) Work Type: Contract Job Description: Role Overview Our organization is seeking a Biome Artist to join a dedicated team. This role focuses on defining the living world surrounding game arenas by building the terrain and vegetation systems that give each biome its identity. This position is for a creator who can craft natural environments, making a hillside feel geological and a tree line feel like it grew there, all within the constraints of a competitive, performance-critical game. Key Responsibilities - Create and own terrain, foliage, and vegetation assets across multiple arena biomes through final in-engine integration. - Build and maintain biome asset libraries, including ground cover, trees, rocks, and atmospheric scatter designed for performance and reuse at scale. - Work with PCG and procedural systems to build efficient, artist-friendly workflows for populating and iterating on environments. - Partner with the Art Director and environment team to ensure each biome aligns with its visual brief, lighting conditions, and seasonal variants. - Establish material and shader standards for terrain and vegetation that hold across platforms and LOD ranges. - Contribute to outsource briefs and quality review for environment assets produced by external partners. Required Qualifications Experience: 5+ years of environment art experience on shipped AAA titles, with a focus on terrain and natural world content. Experience building artist-friendly asset systems that scale. Attention to the micro-details, such as the way gravel transitions to grass, how roots interact with soil, and why a forest floor has visual hierarchy. Technical Skills: Strong hands-on experience with Unreal Engine 5, including Landscape tools, Nanite, Lumen, and PCG. Proficiency with vegetation tools such as SpeedTree or equivalent, with an understanding of how plants grow, layer, and respond to light. A solid grasp of PBR material workflows and how to build terrain materials that read across diverse lighting scenarios. Company Overview This organization is a leader in the technology and gaming industry, known for creating interactive entertainment experiences. Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems. Employee Type: Contract Remote: Yes Location: Bellevue, WA, US Pay Range: $45 - $55 per hour

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