Cinematics Tools Engineer – Unreal & AAA Titles

Absurd Ventures; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Absurd Ventures in Santa Monica, CA seeks a seasoned Cinematics Pipeline Tools Engineer to design, implement, and support tools that empower animators, audio engineers, and cinematic producers to create world-class content for our games.

You will develop C# tools for automation, Node.js tooling for production operations, and C++/Python utilities for asset movement between Premiere, Maya, and Unreal Engine. This role requires collaboration with studio staff across disciplines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional game development experience focused on cinematic content capture and authoring.
• 2+ years in Unreal Engine, ideally with Sequencer, animation and audio systems.
• 1+ year developing desktop apps in C# or similar language.
• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced production environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for a broad studio audience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Absurd’s production leadership to identify toolchain needs and build, test, and support those tools.
• Guide creative staff who use agentic coding within their workflows.
• Interface with animators, audio engineers, and producers to design tools for ingesting and exporting cinematic content.
• Participate in technical planning, estimation, and milestone reviews.
• Provide production shoot support and troubleshooting for studio staff.

Skills

Unreal Engine

C#

C++

Python

Node.js

Communication skills

Tools

Wwise

Pro Tools

Premiere

DaVinci Resolve

Maya

Captury

Xsens

Articy

Horde

TeamCity

Jenkins

Job description

Absurd Ventures in Santa Monica, CA seeks a seasoned Cinematics Pipeline Tools Engineer to design, implement, and support tools that empower animators, audio engineers, and cinematic producers to create world-class content for our games.

You will develop C# tools for automation, Node.js tooling for production operations, and C++/Python utilities for asset movement between Premiere, Maya, and Unreal Engine. This role requires collaboration with studio staff across disciplines.