Senior VFX Artist - Remote

Overview

CD PROJEKT RED is looking for an experienced Senior VFX Artist to join our team working on The Witcher 4, the first game in a brand-new saga. We’re looking for someone who combines artistic vision with deep technical expertise, and who thrives on collaboration, creativity, and pushing the boundaries of real-time visuals in games.

In Short

• Create high-quality real-time visual effects for gameplay, environments, and cinematics.
• Collaborate with artists, designers, and engineers to shape stunning and performant VFX.
• Contribute to creative and technical solutions that enhance the game’s storytelling and immersion.
• Explore new tools, workflows, and techniques to help evolve the future of real-time VFX.
• Ensure VFX assets meet both artistic standards and technical constraints.
• Work with leads and producers to estimate and plan work that aligns with project goals and schedules.

Requirements

• Proven experience in game development, particularly with Unreal Engine.
• Strong artistic sensibility, with a sharp eye for detail, composition, and motion.
• Advanced skills with VFX tools and pipelines, including Niagara.
• Ability to create complex materials in Unreal Engine.
• Solid understanding of real-time rendering, lighting, shaders, and PBR.
• Expertise in real-time simulations and optimization.
• A proactive mindset, self-motivation, and openness to feedback.
• Experience owning and delivering impactful, self-directed work.
• Clear and empathetic communication skills.
• A portfolio that showcases your excellence in VFX for games.
• Proficient in written and spoken English.

Benefits

• A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team.
• Trainings, lectures and courses — internal workshops, external training for each employee, ‘Meet a star’ events, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available.
• REDs have access to the cafeteria platform through which they can receive subscription benefits, additional medical packages or vouchers and codes to shops and cinemas.
• Merch — gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!
• Private medical healthcare — a selection of medical plans with dental care to choose from, which are also accessible for your partner and relatives.
• Psychological care — free mental health support and various well-being webinars.
• Multisport card — gain access to a wide number of sporting and fitness facilities across the city.
• Social events — we host regular gatherings at the studio where we can all unwind, play games, and just have some fun together.
• Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world.