Unity Technical Artist Job at Nex, San Jose, CA

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  • Nex
  • San Jose, CA

Job Description

Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents, Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun, social, and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion, encouraging kids and adults to move more, play more, and have fun together. Nex Playground, the company’s award-winning active play system, is purpose-built to get families moving year-round, with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE+ COPPA compliant and built to support healthy, active play for all ages and abilities.

Nex Playground features a growing library of 50+ experiences, including motion and dance games, fitness and educational experiences, and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro, Sesame Workshop, and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s Best Inventions, and Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and has earned Red Dot, IDEA, and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore Have Fun and  Is Motion Gaming Back? , as they offer a deeper look into our culture, values, and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations.

Location: San Jose, California (Hybrid)
Annual salary: USD 85,000 to USD 95,000
Type: Full-time

Reports to: VP, Design

The Role

We are looking for a talented Unity Technical Artist to join our team and bring visually engaging content to life. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Unity and a strong understanding of creating optimised and dynamic visual effects. You'll collaborate closely with designers and developers to ensure seamless integration of assets and animations into our experiences.

What You'll Do

  • Create game art, layout and integrate UI prefabs in a clean and structured manner.
  • Design stunning dynamic transitions between UI components using MMFeedbacks, particle systems, and animators.
  • Collaborate with the game development team to ensure seamless integration of visual content.

What You Bring To The Team

  • A sharp eye for design and detail, and a passion for elevating UI/UX through polish, transitions, and dynamic presentation.
  • Strong proficiency with Unity and URP, with experience building and integrating beautiful particle systems, and VFX.
  • Experience structuring clean, maintainable prefabs, animations, and art assets within Unity's pipeline.
  • Problem-solving mindset—able to debug, iterate, and creatively push technical constraints to achieve great-looking results.

Great To Have

  • Experience working with MMFeedbacks and Unity Animator to create visual transitions
  • Experience working on mobile platforms and understand the performance constraints
  • Experience in 3D modelling and 3D rigging

We Offer

  • Competitive compensation package.
  • Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
  • Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
  • Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field

Nex is located in  San Jose, California, USA and  Hong Kong . Learn more about us at  nex.inc/who-we-are .

We encourage applications even if you don’t meet more than 50% of the requirements — we believe that experience comes in many forms!

Job Tags

Full time, Flexible hours

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