Animation Systems Programmer

Job Description

Rockstar Games is seeking an Animation Systems Programmer to join their Animation R&D team in Carlsbad, CA. The ideal candidate will assist in developing advanced animation systems for open-world character-based games. This is a full-time, in-office position.

Rockstar Games develops innovative animation technology, ranging from performance capture to a sophisticated runtime engine, for massive open world games. The team collaborates to push the boundaries of character animation on next-generation hardware and supports various teams across multiple studios.

Responsibilities:

• Join the core animation technology team and collaborate with various teams across Rockstar studios.
• Develop, maintain, extend, and support an extensive high-level animation system, pipeline, and tools.
• Implement well-designed, robust, highly optimized new animation features.
• Research and develop improvements to continuously push our technology forward.

Requirements:

• A degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• 3+ years of industry experience as an engine or animations systems programmer.
• Experience working on AAA character-based games or character-based VFX animation.
• Experience developing within a large existing codebase, collaborating or working independently within a large team.
• Strong C/C++ programming skills.
• Familiarity with common optimization and multi-threading techniques.
• Good communication skills.
• Strong 3D math skills.

The role offers:

• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge animation technology for large open-world games.
• Collaboration with talented professionals in an inclusive, highly-motivated environment.