Technical Artist

PipeFX — Technical ArtistCompany Description

PipeFX builds the systems behind creative and media production at scale — the pipelines, services and tooling that turn a good idea into something that runs reliably, every time.

We're a small team, and we work the way we think media is going in 2026: generative models and agentic tooling in the daily workflow, short paths from idea to finished output, and very little process for its own sake. Craft still matters here — the tools got faster, the bar for what's actually good didn't move.

If you join us, you'll own real pieces of how we make things. You'll have room to argue for your approach, and the chance to grow into far more than you were hired for.

PipeFX is committed to inclusive hiring and to building a team where everyone has a real shot at doing their best work.

As a Technical Artist at PipeFX you'll build the generative media pipelines our output runs through — and you'll be judged on both halves of that phrase: does it run, and does it look good.

Day to day, that looks like:

• Designing and building generative media pipelines end to end — from a rough idea to a process that repeats reliably at volume
• Connecting models, tools and steps into workflows other people can actually use without you standing next to them
• Setting and defending the quality bar: deciding what "good enough to ship" means, and building the pipeline so it lands there by default
• Evaluating new models and tools as they land, and calling which ones are worth adopting
• Prototyping fast, then hardening what works
• Documenting the pipeline so it survives you being on vacation

What we care about most: that you can hold both sides at once. Most people in this space are either artists who stall on the technical side, or technologists whose output looks mediocre. The whole job is being the person who doesn't have to choose.

What you need:

• At least 1 year of hands-on experience in the field
• Real, practical understanding of building generative media pipelines — not just running prompts, but designing repeatable processes that hold quality at volume
• An artistic head: art or design studies, or a portfolio that speaks for itself
• Comfort working across tools and stitching them into a single workflow
• Enough technical fluency to automate, script and debug your own pipeline
• Taste, and the ability to explain it. You'll be the one saying "this isn't good enough yet" — and saying why

What will make you stand out:

• Vibe coding — a significant plus. If you build your own tools instead of waiting for someone to build them for you, say so
• Pipelines you've built that other people used
• Depth in a specific craft — comp, 3D, motion, color, sound — on top of the generative side
• A point of view on where this field is going, and a reason for it