Unreal Gameplay Animation Engineer - Open-World AAA

HellaGoodAudio; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation time

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) with company matching

Bonus eligibility

Equity potential

Job summary

Absurd Ventures seeks a Gameplay Engineer to help build and maintain real-time animation systems for a new IP AAA open-world game using Unreal Engine. You will collaborate with Animators, Designers, and Engineers to create responsive, high-quality character animation-driven gameplay.

You will implement locomotion, traversal, and combat animations, develop tooling to accelerate the Animation team's workflow, and optimize runtime performance across platforms.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as a Gameplay Engineer or similar role in games.
• Strong C++ and real-time game systems experience.
• Professional Unreal Engine experience and animation knowledge.
• Experience with Animation Blueprints, Blend Spaces, Montages.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and improve runtime animation systems for multiple characters.
• Collaborate with Animators, Designers, and engineers to enable animation-driven gameplay.
• Build and support animation systems for locomotion, traversal, and combat.
• Develop tools and workflows to speed up iteration for the Animation team.
• Implement animation functionality using C++, Blueprints, state machines, and Montages.
• Profile and optimize animation systems for performance and scalability.

Skills

C++ programming

Unreal Engine experience

Real-time game systems

Animation concepts

Collaboration

Debugging & problem-solving

Tools

Unreal Engine Animation tools

Animation Blueprints

Blend Spaces

Montages

Job description

Absurd Ventures seeks a Gameplay Engineer to help build and maintain real-time animation systems for a new IP AAA open-world game using Unreal Engine. You will collaborate with Animators, Designers, and Engineers to create responsive, high-quality character animation-driven gameplay.

You will implement locomotion, traversal, and combat animations, develop tooling to accelerate the Animation team's workflow, and optimize runtime performance across platforms.