Senior Animation Programmer (Mexico/Remote)

- Mexico or remote, fulltime Your responsibilities: - Develop and maintain advanced character animation systems in UE4/UE5; - Prototype, research into and develop new animation techniques, such as: procedural or physics-based animation, motion matching, etc.; - Work closely with riggers, animators, designers, and other teams to improve the animation pipeline and workflow; - Develop, support and streamline the connections between technical animation, AI, physics and network systems. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Strong C++ programming skills; - 5+ years of experience developing AAA games; - Strong understanding of the entire animation pipeline (mocap – in-game realization); - Firsthand experience with standard animation techniques such as rigging, skeletons, state machines, ragdolls, IK, compression, morph, facial animation, etc.; - Experience using and basic understanding of animation software such as Havok Behavior, Morpheme, Natural Motion; - Experience of cutting-edge animation techniques, such as motion matching, procedural or physics-based animation; - Experience of various animation software, such as: Maya, 3DS Max, Motion Builder etc.; - Strong understanding of the animation pipeline and team workflow. BONUS QUALIFICATIONS: - working knowledge in software management systems like JIRA or similar software. Originally posted on Himalayas