Environment Artist

Job Title: Environment Artist (Unreal Engine)

Job Type: Part-Time/Remote/Contract 

Working Hours: Flexible (milestone-based)

Duration: Project-based with the possibility of long-term collaboration.

About the Role:

Synapsify is looking for a talented Environment Artist with strong Unreal Engine experience to create high-quality, photorealistic environments. This is a production-focused role where you will assemble visually compelling scenes using a pre-existing asset library rather than creating assets from scratch.

The ideal candidate has a strong artistic eye for composition, lighting, materials, and storytelling while maintaining technical optimization and documentation standards.

Responsibilities:

• Create small- to medium-scale photorealistic environments using Unreal Engine.

• Assemble scenes using assets provided by the team (models, materials, vegetation, props, decals, etc.).

• Configure lighting, post-processing, atmospheric effects, fog, reflections, and environment settings to achieve high-quality visual fidelity.

• Set up materials, decals, foliage, and environmental details to enhance realism.

• Optimize scenes to maintain performance while preserving visual quality.

• Ensure consistency with project art direction and quality standards.

• Collaborate with technical artists and project managers to meet project milestones.

• Document the complete environment creation workflow, from receiving assets to delivering the final scene, including:

 • Asset organization

 • Scene setup

 • Lighting workflow

 • Material configuration

 • Post-processing

 • Optimization techniques

 • Final rendering settings

• Maintain clear documentation so that another artist can reproduce the environment following the provided guide.

Requirements:

• Strong proficiency in Unreal Engine 5.

• Strong understanding of:

 • Lighting (Lumen preferred)

 • Post Processing 

 • Materials and Material Instances

 • Foliage system

 • Atmospheric effects

• Excellent sense of composition, scale, color, and environmental storytelling.

• Experience creating photorealistic environments.

• Ability to work with an existing asset library rather than modeling assets from scratch.

Additional Requirements:

• Experience with Nanite and Virtual Shadow Maps.

• Experience using Quixel Megascans, Fab, or similar asset libraries.

• Knowledge of optimization for real-time rendering.

• Experience with cinematic scene creation.

• Familiarity with Git, Perforce, or other version control systems.

Interested candidates are requested to send their applications to careers@synapsify.tech. Please also include portfolio showcasing photorealistic Unreal Engine environments.