VFX Artist (Realism / Medieval Strategy)

We are looking for an experienced VFX Artist to support production of a realistic / hyper-realistic medieval strategy title in development at Stepico Games.
You will work closely with Art Direction, Tech Art, Design, and Engineering to build high-quality, performance-friendly real-time effects that sell weight, impact, materials, and atmosphere.

Project VFX Focus (what you’ll do)

We need a VFX artist who can deliver convincing, grounded effects for medieval gameplay, including:

• Combat VFX (sword / parry / block / on-character FX)
• Ranged VFX (arrows)
• Ground & Material Reactions
• Fire / smoke / destruction
• World atmosphere (optional but valuable)

Target reference (feel & readability): Mount & Blade-like gameplay with heavier realism and strong material response.

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of UE5 Material Editor:

• Experience with Material Instances and parameterization for runtime control
• Understanding of translucency pitfalls: sorting, overdraw, refraction cost, scene depth usage
• Proven pipeline for creating flipbooks (smoke/fire/dust) and preparing them for UE
• Familiarity with simulation sources and baking to real-time
• Understanding of timing principles
• Experience working with profiling tools and practical optimization

Nice to Have (Strong Plus)

• Destruction workflow knowledge:Houdini fracture concepts, debris staging, secondary dust layers
• Familiarity with UE5 rendering features relevant to VFX:

Lumen considerations for emissive VFX \ Nanite awareness (what works/doesn’t for VFX geo)

• Experience building impact decals / footprint systems / wetness accumulation (material-driven)
• Experience collaborating with Tech Art on shared libraries (modules, templates, parameter standards)

We offer:

• Competitive salaries are regularly reviewed based on professional growth;
• Flexible working hours and remote working;
• 18 working days of paid time off;
• 5 paid sick leaves (without doctors notes);
• Compensation for external conferences/ workshops/ events;
• Full employment;
• Fun corporate events.