Design Technologist, Visual Innovation Services

Want to build at the cutting edge of immersive shopping experiences? The Visual Innovation Team is at the center of all advanced visual and immersive content at Amazon. We're pioneering VR and AR shopping, CGI, and GenAI. We are looking for a 3D Tech Artist who will help drive innovation in this space who understands technical problems the team may face from an artistic perspective and provide creative technical solutions.
This role is for if you want to be a part of:
* Building one of the largest content libraries on the planet
* Driving the success and adoption of emerging 3D experiences across Amazon
* Partnering with world-class artists and scientists to drive innovation in 3D content creation
Key job responsibilities
We are looking for a 3D Tech Artist who can deliver pragmatic solutions to the technical problems related to Amazon visual experiences (AR, video, interactive & still imagery). The right person will bring an implicit understanding of the balance needed between artistry, communication, and partnership-help scale 3D content creation within Amazon by enabling our customers with -- to work smarter, not harder.
3D Technical Artists in this role will:
* Act as a bridge between art and engineering disciplines to solve multi-disciplinary problems
* Seek out and develop solutions to resolve workflow bottlenecks or asset quality issues through standardization and automation
* Collaborate with other tech artists and engineers to build and maintain a centralized suite of artist tools
* Work with art leadership to research and implement the latest industry trends that expand our production capabilities.
* Advise on the creation and maintenance of asset pipelines for partner teams looking to adopt 3D content
A day in the life
As a 3D Tech Artist will include but is not limited to coding and development of tools, workflows, and automation to improve the artist's experience and increase productivity. A day could look like programming in unreal blueprints to advance real-time visuals. Developing tools for Maya/Substance to creating an automation workflow that advances the fidelity of 3D/CGI experiences. An ideal candidate is observant, creative, curious, and empathetic. They believe that there is never just one approach to solve a given problem.
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
Los Angeles, CA, USA | New York, NY, USA | Seattle, WA, USA | West Hollywood, CA, USA