Senior Technical Artist (Apex Legends)

Responsibilities

Report to the Lead Technical Artist, aligning on priorities, technical direction, and long-term pipeline goals.
Collaborate closely with Technical Art, Animation, and Character Art partners to implement solutions that are clean, scalable, and optimized for production.
Ensure exceptional quality in character rigging and skinning, upholding high standards for visual fidelity, deformation integrity, and runtime performance.
Educate and mentor junior and mid-level Technical Artists by creating clear documentation, sharing best practices, and fostering continued craft development.
Identify workflow opportunities and develop high-impact automation and tooling solutions that improve efficiency, consistency, and team output.

Qualifications

• 5 years experience working in proprietary internal game engines and development environments.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience rigging and skinning characters Maya.
• Experience in writing Artist/Animator facing tools specifically for a large production environment.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Nice to Have: Familiarity with USD, Knowledge of physics-based animation, Experience in live service content production, Experience working in proprietary internal game engines and development environments, Strong mathematical foundation used to troubleshoot and optimize 3D deformations.

About the Role

The Apex Legends team is seeking a Senior Technical Artist with deep expertise in character rigging to help power one of the most dynamic live service games in the world.

Pay & Benefits

*$122,300 - $170,700 CAD
*$143,800 - $217,200 USD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

For Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.