Senior Animation Programmer: Lead Fluid Gameplay Animations

Techland; Wrocław; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Buddy support system

Private medical care

Life insurance

Pro-health campaigns

Training and language courses

Job summary

Techland invites a seasoned Gameplay Programmer to join our Wroclaw team, shaping gameplay and cinematic animation systems for acclaimed titles. You will own features from tooling to engine runtime, collaborate across disciplines, and drive performance optimizations in complex pipelines.

You should bring 5+ years of C/C++ experience, expert knowledge in animation graphs and 3D math, and strong problem-solving with proactive communication in English.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of professional programming experience.
• Expertise in C/C++.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Experience with multi-threaded and allocator-aware programming.
• Experience with memory and performance optimization.
• Experience with animation graphs, blend trees and state machines (Unreal, Havok Animation, Morpheme or similar).
• Solid understanding of 3D maths and linear algebra.
• Proficiency in algorithm design; understanding of complexity and software architecture and design.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable and extensible code with attention to reusability.
• Great communication skills, enthusiasm and initiative.
• Very good command of English.

Responsibilities

• Researching, developing, maintaining, and improving gameplay and cinematic animation systems.
• Taking ownership of gameplay and cinematic animation features from content creation tools to the engine runtime.
• Collaborating with programmers, designers, and artists to gather requirements and troubleshoot issues.
• Raising the quality bar for animations in the game with animation leads and directors.
• Profiling and eliminating bottlenecks in data processing pipelines and tools.
• Creating documentation for gameplay and cinematic teams.
• Staying up-to-date on animation technology trends and developments.

Skills

C/C++

Problem solving

Multi-threaded

Memory optimisation

Animation graphs

3D maths

Algorithm design

Code quality

Communication

English proficiency

Tools

Unreal

Havok Animation

Morpheme

Job description

Techland invites a seasoned Gameplay Programmer to join our Wroclaw team, shaping gameplay and cinematic animation systems for acclaimed titles. You will own features from tooling to engine runtime, collaborate across disciplines, and drive performance optimizations in complex pipelines.

You should bring 5+ years of C/C++ experience, expert knowledge in animation graphs and 3D math, and strong problem-solving with proactive communication in English.