Senior Cinematics Tools Engineer (Unreal, Pipeline)

Nord Resume; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation time

Sick time

Company holidays

Parental leave

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) matching

Bonus & equity eligibility

Job summary

Nord Resume seeks a highly experienced Software Engineer to drive the design, implementation, and support of tools for Absurd's cinematic content pipeline. You will help animators, audio engineers, and producers create world‑class cinematic content for our games.

The role involves building C# tools to automate audio and motion capture processing, C# and Node.js tools for studio operations, and C++/Python tools for asset movement between applications like Premiere, Maya, and Pro Tools; plus

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional game development experience focusing on cinematic content toolchains.
• 2+ years of Unreal Engine experience, ideally with Sequencer, animation and audio systems.
• 1+ year desktop app development in C# or similar language.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for cross‑disciplinary teams.
• Experience using AI coding agents to assist non‑engineers.
• Comfortable on PC and Mac environments.
• Shipped at least one AAA title in an engineering role.
• Customer‑centric mindset with problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Thirst to learn and grow in a fast‑evolving tech stack.

Responsibilities

• Identify toolchain requirements with leadership and build, test, and support those tools.
• Guide creative staff who use agentic coding as part of their workflows.
• Design, implement, and support tools for ingesting, authoring, and exporting cinematic content.
• Participate in technical planning, task estimation, and milestone reviews.
• Provide troubleshooting and support during production shoots.

Skills

Unreal Engine

C#

Python

Communication

AI coding agents

Mac/PC

AAA title

Tools

Unreal Engine

Premiere

Maya

Pro Tools

DaVinci Resolve

Wwise

Jenkins

TeamCity

Horde

Job description

Nord Resume seeks a highly experienced Software Engineer to drive the design, implementation, and support of tools for Absurd's cinematic content pipeline. You will help animators, audio engineers, and producers create world‑class cinematic content for our games.

The role involves building C# tools to automate audio and motion capture processing, C# and Node.js tools for studio operations, and C++/Python tools for asset movement between applications like Premiere, Maya, and Pro Tools; plus