Senior Gameplay and Animation Engineer
Hybrid · Brighton, England, United Kingdom or Prague, Prague, Czechia
Brighton, England, United Kingdom or Prague, Prague, CzechiaHybridFull TimeSenior LevelNot SpecifiedVideo Game DevelopmentUnknown
Type
Full Time
Level
Senior Level
Education
Not Specified
Company size
Unknown
Industry
Video Game Development
Job Summary
Senior Gameplay & Animation Engineer responsible for developing and maintaining gameplay and animation systems in Unreal Engine 5, prototyping features, collaborating with designers, animators, and engineers to deliver AAA-quality gameplay, and ensuring code quality and documentation while researching and applying advanced animation techniques.
Required Qualifications
- Demonstrable programming experience in a creative environment
- Shipped one or more AAA game titles, ideally using Unreal Engine
- Advanced proficiency in C++, linear algebra, 3D Maths and OO design principles
- Experience with GAS - the Unreal Gameplay Ability System
- Unreal Engine, Blueprints and Unreal Animation Principles
- Dedication to code quality and documentation
- Ability to work independently and efficiently under deadlines
- Effective communicator and collaborator with multi-disciplinary team members
- Hands-on experience developing for Unreal Engine and Xbox Series X/S and PS5
- Experience with player controlled characters, Unreal enhanced inputs, cameras and camera systems
- Implementation experience in Inverse Kinematics techniques, Ragdoll and physics-based character animation, Procedural animation techniques, Keyframe animation and forward kinematics, Machine learning driven animation techniques
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