ArenaNet

Artist

• Light large-scale game environments in Unreal Engine 5, establishing mood, readability, and visual hierarchy across a full day/night cycle
• Own lighting for assigned levels from initial blockout through final polish
• Create and integrate sky art for dynamic time-of-day systems
• Balance lighting, atmosphere, color, and exposure for cohesive outdoor environments
• Use color, value, contrast, and composition to guide the player’s eye and reinforce emotional tone
• Create and work with fog, haze, scattering, clouds, and other atmospheric effects
• Create materials and light functions within Unreal Engine
• Collaborate with senior artists, art leads, and other disciplines while incorporating feedback
• Optimize lighting and related systems for visual quality and performance
• Create skybox assets including clouds and celestial bodies

Lighting Artist – Contract

Full-stack Engineer

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend microservices and RESTful APIs using Python and Flask
• Develop new functionality within an established production codebase while maintaining existing system behavior and compatibility
• Design and optimize database schemas, SQL queries, and data access patterns using MSSQL and MySQL
• Investigate existing architecture, dependencies, and business logic to understand impacts on interconnected systems
• Troubleshoot and resolve backend performance, reliability, and data-related issues
• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code and participate in code reviews
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, and potential impacts before implementing changes
• Collaborate with engineers and cross-functional partners to understand requirements and develop practical technical solutions
• Contribute to the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of backend systems at ArenaNet, developer and publisher of the Guild Wars game series

Backend Software Engineer – Contract

Software Engineer

• Own critical engineering projects from start to finish
• Implement solutions for asset loading, packaging, platform and console integration, persistence, and related engine systems
• Work across disciplines to understand technical needs and develop code-quality- and performance-focused solutions
• Provide engineers with frameworks for robust gameplay systems that interface cleanly with game infrastructure
• Anticipate and communicate risks, dependencies, and trade-offs related to technical and design decisions
• Work with Unreal Engine code and existing engine systems
• Review and make meaningful changes to teammates' code
• Plan, estimate, implement, track, and communicate project work and progress

Senior Engine Programmer – Contract

Game Engineer

• Join the Guild Wars 3 team at ArenaNet
• Partner with designers and other disciplines to prototype, build, and iterate on gameplay systems and features
• Translate design goals into practical technical solutions, including options and tradeoffs
• Develop high-quality gameplay code in C++ and Unreal Engine
• Diagnose, debug, and optimize gameplay systems for performance and stability
• Participate in regular playtests and use feedback to iterate on features and systems
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical teammates to establish workflows, constraints, and development practices
• Share Unreal Engine knowledge and best practices with teammates
• Help troubleshoot gameplay and engine-related challenges

Lighting Artist – Contract

Backend Software Engineer – Contract

Senior Engine Programmer – Contract

Senior Gameplay Engineer – Contract