Technical Artist (Unity)

CayPlay Studios is looking for a talented and proactive Unity Technical Artist to join our team and help scale Waterpark Simulator, a humorous tycoon-style first-person simulator currently in Steam Early Access. This role will play a key part in improving visual quality, performance, and production workflows as we continue development toward full release and future console ports.

This position begins as a 3-month contract, with the opportunity to transition into a full-time role based on performance and team fit.

What you’ll do

Optimize game visuals and performance across the project (textures, shaders, keywords, materials, draw calls, memory usage)

Independently profile the game (Unity Profiler, Frame Debugger), find bottlenecks, and propose realistic solutions

Set up and maintain prefabs, materials, and assets in Unity with performance in mind

Work closely with artists to ensure assets meet technical and performance requirements, and offer clear alternatives when something doesn’t work

Collaborate with programmers to improve rendering, asset workflows, and runtime performance

Apply and balance techniques like texture atlasing, trim sheets, GPU instancing, SRP Batcher, and Addressables

Support a live Early Access project on the path to full release and console ports

Assist with console optimization and preparation (PlayStation and Xbox Series X/S)

Requirements

Strong experience as a Unity Technical Artist on commercial projects

Solid understanding of real-time rendering and performance optimization

Confident work with Blender (required) and Unity asset pipelines

Ability to write simple technical scripts or tools for Unity and/or Blender to improve workflows

Experience optimizing draw calls, texture & memory budgets, shaders and material variants

Hands-on experience with Unity Profiler and Frame Debugger

Ability to balance visual quality, performance, and development time

Proactive mindset: able to execute assigned tasks but also spot and raise issues independently

Comfortable working with both artists and programmers

Ability to explain technical limitations to artists clearly and propose practical alternatives

Blender experience

Located roughly in the European time zone

Bonus

Experience with console development or porting (PlayStation / Xbox)

Experience writing Blender Python scripts for asset preparation or optimization

Background in simulator or tycoon-style games

Experience supporting live or Early Access projects

Familiarity with VFX optimization (Shader Graph, particles, VFX Graph)

We are building for long-term growth and are looking for someone who wants to take ownership, raise the bar technically, and contribute meaningfully to a live project with strong momentum.

To Apply

If this sounds like a fit, please send us an email with your resume.

AboutCayPlay Studios

CayPlay is a next-generation entertainment studio founded by YouTube star Caylus Cunningham and his longtime manager and business partner, Travis Richardson.

CayPlay operates two divisions: our indie-game studio, where we create standout titles, from our flagship title Waterpark Simulator to fresh new IPs across multiple genres, and our UGC arm, where we’re building community experiences across platforms, with a core focus on pioneering content for GTA 6, Roblox and Fortnite.

Entirely self-funded with millions invested, CayPlay stands at the forefront of creativity, community and gaming’s next frontier.

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