Senior Animation Engineer

Spliced Inc.; Manchester; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading game development company as a Senior Animation Engineer. Your role involves optimizing and developing animation technology in Unreal for a unique original IP aimed at delivering a world-class gameplay experience. Collaborate with a passionate team to push the boundaries of gaming technology.

Benefits

Sign on bonus

Well-being allowance

Generous pension benefits

Healthcare benefits

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience with Motion Matching in any game engine.
• Deep knowledge of engine and hardware architectures.

Responsibilities

• Work on Unreal’s Motion Matching system.
• Optimize and maintain animation systems for a large AAA game.
• Communicate and coordinate with animation and engineering teams.

Skills

Optimization strategies

Communication

Multi-threaded programming

Problem solving

Job description

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Senior Animation Engineer

AAA

Fully Remote, CAN or UK

Spliced Inc.

“Let’s redefine what a game is and how we interact with them. We want to make games that everyone wants to play and invite the whole world into ours. Together we’ll discover connection and innovation you’ve never experienced before and an amazing world you’ll never leave behind”.

We are Spliced Inc. and we’re looking for a Senior Animation Engineer.

The Role:

Fantastic opportunity to be a part of an innovative unique project, working alongside an incredibly talented and passionate team on an original IP to create a world class online gameplay experience that will surprise and excite players. You will play a critical role in developing and maintaining the animation technology within Unreal, tailoring and optimizing it to deliver the highest quality game to our players.

Key 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.

Basic Qualifications:

• 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
• 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

Why Spliced Inc?

We’re drawn to passion!. We’re intrigued by who you are, not just what you do. We want you to feel at home and be excited to create the most career defining work of your life.

Here at Spliced Inc, we care about all of this, and more.

Our benefits package is well thought out and you can expect to be rewarded and recognised for your hard work with components that include sign on bonus, a well-being allowance, and generous pension and healthcare benefits to name but a few.

As a Netease Games studio, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and welcoming environment for everyone and encourage applications from all races, religions, beliefs, ages, sexual orientations, and gender identities. We believe that genuinely diverse teams working in supportive and safe atmospheres, can create magic that touches the hearts and souls of all.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Design

• Industries

  Computer Games

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