Senior Animation Engineer

Job Description

Spliced Inc. is seeking a Senior Animation Engineer to join their team and contribute to an innovative and unique project. The role involves working alongside a talented team on an original IP, creating a world-class online gameplay experience. The Senior Animation Engineer will play a critical role in developing and maintaining the animation technology within Unreal, tailoring and optimizing it to deliver the highest quality game.

Responsibilities:

• Working on Unreal’s Motion Matching system
• Work with the rest of the team to gameplay mechanics that are exemplary in the field of AAA gaming
• Optimise and maintain the memory, performance, and other core animation based systems for a large AAA game
• Evaluate, Integrate and maintain middleware technologies and externally developed engine systems and engine updates
• Working very closely with the animation teams to ensure their vision is made a reality in the project
• Communicate, collaborate, and coordinate with other members of the engineering team using Slack, code reviews, design reviews, bugs, and video calls.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience, working on multi-discipline teams
• 5+ years of working with memory, performance, and other low level systems OR 2+ years of Unreal 4+ experience on core systems
• Experience with using Motion Matching in any game engine
• Experience shipping AAA console games (Xbox One+, Playstation 4+)
• Deep knowledge of engine and hardware architectures, optimization strategies, profiling tools and multi-threaded programming
• Knowledge of animation systems for 3D AAA games and how to use them
• Strong interpersonal skills: the abilities to communicate positively and effectively, and to take constructive feedback.
• Self-motivated, can-do attitude, quick learner and problem solver
• Passionate about core game mechanics and facilitating efficient team workflows
• Computer science degree.

Spliced Inc. offers:

• Sign on bonus
• A well-being allowance
• Generous pension and healthcare benefits