Remote Unity Developer: Animation & Combat Systems

Finitude GmbH; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 55,449 - 76,481; Full time

Job summary

Finitude GmbH is seeking a Unity Developer to own the animation and ability systems behind Kinstrife’s characters, delivering responsive, performant combat and traversal experiences in a fully remote, Germany-based role.

You’ll collaborate with designers, animators, and a physics programmer to blend animation data with runtime systems, while keeping framerates high across battles with many characters onscreen.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in professional game development focusing on 3D animation or combat programming.
• Strong C# skills and experience with Unity Animator, Clips/Curves, Playables.
• Proficiency in 3D math and procedural animation techniques (IK, foot placement).
• Ability to coordinate with designers and animators to bridge design, animation data and runtime systems.
• Fluent in English and able to collaborate in a fully remote, asynchronous environment.
• Highly self-driven with a systems-oriented mindset and goal-driven work style.
• Profile and optimize gameplay code to maintain performance in combat-heavy scenes.

Responsibilities

• Own and extend Unity-based animation systems and our custom tooling on top of Unity’s Animation Jobs (Burst).
• Optimize our character abilities system end-to-end: input handling, attack logic, locomotion, dialogue behaviours.
• Work with our Technical Animator to architect responsive and performant animation-driven character behaviour.
• Collaborate with our physics programmer to bridge kinematic character logic with physics-based animation.
• Iterate with animators and designers on combat and traversal feel, treating game feel as an engineering problem.

Skills

Unity

C#

Animation programming

3D math

Procedural animation

Team collaboration

Tools

Unity Animator

Animation Jobs

Burst

Playables

Job description

Finitude GmbH is seeking a Unity Developer to own the animation and ability systems behind Kinstrife’s characters, delivering responsive, performant combat and traversal experiences in a fully remote, Germany-based role.

You’ll collaborate with designers, animators, and a physics programmer to blend animation data with runtime systems, while keeping framerates high across battles with many characters onscreen.