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Scopely

Creates and runs games with ongoing updates

Technical VFX Artist - Pokémon GO

Animation & VFXConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTokyo, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience as a Technical Artist or in a similar role creating visual effects.
  • Experience with Python, C#, HLSL, or similar scripting languages.
  • Experience with modern 3D game engines such as Unity 3D.
  • Knowledge of optimization and performance profiling for real-time 3D content, visual effects, and mobile-platform pipelines.
  • Knowledge of generative AI tools and their use in technical-art workflows, such as prototyping and tooling.
  • Familiarity with multiple technical-art areas, including animation, graphics, pipelines and tooling, and gameplay scripting.
  • Experience with agentic AI workflows that amplify technical-art skills, including the ability to read, debug, and explain AI-generated work.
  • Professional-level English for daily verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

  • Create performant visual effects in Unity while maintaining the intended artistic direction.
  • Collaborate with art, design, engineering, and product teams to build features and solve creative problems.
  • Build rapid prototypes of experimental features using Unity 3D or other mobile-platform tools.
  • Iterate on Unity 3D scene implementation to finalize product and creative requirements.
  • Create performant graphics shaders.
  • Facilitate communication and collaboration between art and engineering.
  • Use AI to accelerate prototyping, content creation, and problem-solving while maintaining quality and sound judgment.

Desired Qualifications

  • A BS or MS degree in design, a games-related field, or a technical field.
  • Solid artistic skills in color, shape, light, and motion.
  • Experience collaborating within a multi-person game studio.
  • Experience writing shaders in HLSL or GLSL.
  • Experience developing tools for artists or designers.
  • Fluency in Japanese.

About the Company

Scopely

Creates and runs games with ongoing updates

Scopely develops, publishes and operates video games for players on mobile devices, computers and consoles. Its portfolio includes MONOPOLY GO!, made in partnership with Hasbro, and location-based games such as Pokémon GO, whose teams joined its Scopely Explore business. Game teams add events, social features and content updates so players can keep returning to the same game over time. Many titles are free to start and earn money through optional in-game purchases, supported by the proprietary Playgami platform and shared publishing services across owned and partner studios. Scopely was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Culver City, California.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Acquired
Total funding
$998.8M
Headquarters
Culver City, CA
Founded
2011

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