Senior Software Engineer - Animation

Skill Requirements

• 5+ years of real-time animation system development
• Deep C++ experience
• Experience with skeletal animation, inverse kinematics, and blending
• Understanding of animation mathematics and interpolation algorithms
• Performance optimization for animation-heavy scenes
• Collaboration experience with animators and technical artists
• Godot animation system expertise
• Motion capture integration experience
• Procedural animation techniques
• Physics simulation integration (ragdoll, cloth, etc.)

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Animation to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in real-time animation systems and will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing the systems that bring our digital worlds to life. This role requires a deep understanding of animation mathematics, performance optimization, and collaboration with creative teams.

Responsibilities

• Build the systems that make characters move with personality, environments react with believability, and players connect emotionally with our digital worlds.
• Own the animation system architecture and runtime optimization.
• Develop skeletal animation, blending, and state machines.
• Create physics-based animation and procedural systems.
• Optimize animation compression and streaming.
• Integrate tools for efficient animation workflows.

Requirements

• Experience with real-time animation systems
• Strong C++ programming skills
• Knowledge of skeletal animation, inverse kinematics, and blending
• Understanding of animation mathematics and interpolation algorithms
• Experience with performance optimization for animation-heavy scenes
• Ability to collaborate effectively with animators and technical artists
• Experience with Godot animation system
• Experience with motion capture integration
• Experience with procedural animation techniques
• Experience with physics simulation integration (ragdoll, cloth, etc.)