Sperasoft is seeking a highly skilled, visually astute Senior Lighting Artist to take ownership of crafting complex lighting scenarios for major titles played by millions. If you are an experienced artist with a strong passion for transforming 3D environments into visually compelling, atmospheric worlds, this role offers a massive canvas for your craft. For elite professionals specifically looking to advance their careers through top-tier Unreal Engine jobs, this position provides the ideal ecosystem to deploy cutting-edge lighting pipelines on a truly massive scale.

Within our production framework, a Senior Lighting Artist bridges the gap between raw environmental assets and high-end cinematic mood. You will not merely illuminate scenes; you will direct the player’s eye, reinforce narrative tension, establish time-of-day progression, and define the absolute visual quality of the final game. Because this is one of our premier Unreal Engine jobs, we want to recruit a senior professional who combines an elite understanding of physical light behavior with the proactivity needed to lead lighting initiatives, manage real-time asset performance, and communicate directly with key stakeholders.

About Sperasoft ::

Sperasoft is a prominent, world-class game development partner operating on a global scale. For over two decades, we have provided premium co-development solutions, technical engineering, and elite artistic production to the world’s most recognizable Tier-1 publishers and studios. Our studio handles complex engineering pipelines and delivers breathtaking visual content for highly celebrated franchises across PC, console, and mobile platforms.

By joining our dedicated production studio in Yerevan, Armenia, you will become a vital part of an international collective of world-class professionals. We cultivate a workplace environment rooted in creative excellence, technical innovation, and mutual support. At Sperasoft, we actively invest in our people, ensuring that every developer has the resources, mentorship, and creative playground necessary to push the boundaries of modern game design. Together, we push the boundaries of visual excellence and deliver immersive gaming experiences to millions of players worldwide.

1. Concept Translation & Aesthetic Staging

• Design and execute real-time and baked lighting schemes that match or exceed art direction blueprints and client expectations.
• Propose innovative, realistic lighting schemes based on scene scenery, narrative mood, and spatial context.
• Utilize advanced color theory, contrast, and composition principles to support the work of character, environment, and concept art teams in the best possible way.

2. High-Level Stakeholder Communication

• Communicate directly with the Art Director and external client representatives to align on style guides and achieve the exact visual quality desired by stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional technical and creative teams to guarantee that target visual quality standards are maintained across the board.
• Present finished lighting layouts to the Art Director and Technical Director for formal validation, implementing requested creative or technical changes rapidly.

3. Technical Optimization & Performance Maintenance

• Maintain a strict balance between cinematic visual quality and rigid runtime hardware performance requirements.
• Optimize real-time lights, lightmaps, shadow casting properties, and post-processing volumes in accordance with the strict technical limitations of the platform—a critical skill set that sets this role apart from standard Unreal Engine jobs.

4. Team Leadership & Task Architecture

• Deconstruct milestone goals into actionable pipelines, building and accurately estimating technical tasks for the Lighting Art team.
• Verify global lighting quality after changes or updates are pushed by other departments (such as environment art, FX, or level design), performing any necessary re-balancing.
• Take full ownership of the lighting bug pipeline, tracking down and fixing lighting errors, leaks, or visual artifacts filed by quality assurance teams to ensure this remains a benchmark project among competing Unreal Engine jobs.

To qualify for this senior-level production role, applicants must demonstrate a rigorous balance of artistic styling and technical asset optimization. Unlike entry-level roles or generalized Unreal Engine jobs, this senior track requires a deep familiarity with complex, production-proven rendering pipelines.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Industry Tenure: 3+ years of professional experience operating specifically as a Lighting Artist within the video game industry, including explicit experience performing senior or lead-level production tasks.
• Shipped Portfolio: At least one officially shipped game title present in your portfolio, demonstrating stable, production-ready real-time lighting work.
• Artistic Fundamentals: Extensive, foundational knowledge of real-world color theory, atmospheric scattering, physical light behavior, shadow falloff, and photographic composition.
• Engine & Pipeline Fluency: Strong, practical familiarity with modern game engines, art toolsets, development pipelines, and global build processes. Deep technical understanding of real-time versus pre-rendered lighting techniques.
• Unreal Engine Competency: Comprehensive knowledge of Unreal Engine 4 lighting techniques, blueprints, and optimization tools.
• DCC Tool Literacy: Working familiarity with industry-standard digital content creation platforms (Maya, 3ds Max, or Blender) and 2D/3D art applications (Photoshop, Substance Painter, or Substance Designer) as they apply to lighting art pipelines.
• Professional Mindset: Exceptional communication skills, a highly proactive work ethic, a sharp attention to detail, and a collaborative team-player attitude. Ability to confidently give, receive, and implement constructive design feedback.

Highly Desirable Assets (Nice to Have):

• Next-Gen Tech Mastery: Firsthand knowledge of Unreal Engine 5’s advanced rendering features, including Lumen (global illumination), Virtual Shadow Maps (VSM), and Nanite geometry integration—making your application stand out significantly in the pool of standard Unreal Engine jobs.
• Photographic Background: Practical experience in real-world photography, cinematic lighting setups, or film cinematography.
• General CG Versatility: Foundational experience in adjacent fields of computer graphics (such as VFX, shading, or skybox painting) or the ability to create preliminary concept art.

Sperasoft believes that world-class creative output is a direct result of a healthy, stable, and highly supportive workplace culture. When compared to typical tech listings found on armenian bd jobs platforms, our comprehensive studio package is uniquely designed to ensure our senior developers thrive both professionally and personally at our Yerevan headquarters:

• Elite Collaborative Environment: The opportunity to collaborate daily with an international team of world-class game development professionals on challenging, industry-shaping AAA projects.
• Continuous Learning & Development: Access to comprehensive internal educational frameworks, including structured mentoring tracks, specialized lectures, and funded participation at major international gaming conferences and industry events.
• Comprehensive Medical Care Package: Top-tier health and medical insurance provisions to keep you and your family secure.
• In-Studio Catering & Wellness: Fully stocked kitchen spaces offering fresh breakfasts, diverse snacks, fruits, high-end tea, and coffee machines throughout the operational day to keep your energy high.
• The Care Bonus: An innovative, versatile financial allowance program explicitly dedicated to covering your unique personal health, educational expansion, and safety needs outside of work—setting a new benchmark for standard benefits seen across armenian bd jobs.
• Corporate Culture & Events: Access to structured team buildings, corporate parties, and collaborative social events that build lasting professional friendships.