Senior Animation Programmer

Senior Animation Programmer who will be responsible for the development of gameplay and animation systems, while driving and defining our upcoming DUNE title, and future Funcom releases. This role will be crucial in helping to develop advanced animation, automation systems, as well as gameplay features. 

Funcom Offers:

• Substantial employee benefits package including premium free Insurance package, 25 vacation days, 8 sick days, 10 paid holidays, etc.
• 401K w/match.
• Dynamic, inclusive, challenging and engaging work environment.
• Continued training and career development opportunities.
• Team and Family oriented culture.
• Continually evolving employee-based culture, including events, gatherings, contests, morale-based incentives, etc.

Requirements:

• 5+ years related game industry experience.
• B.A or B.S in Computer Science/Engineering, or other Technical Degree.
• Strong experience with Animation implementation in Unreal Engine 4 including animation blueprint and anim instance c++ implementation
• Strong C++ programming skills.
• Prior experience acting as an owner of animation systems.
• Expert level knowledge of real-time animation systems.
• Experience solving animation and character related problems within game development.
• Solid understanding of the character pipeline tools.
• Knowledge of common algorithms, data structures and patterns, and the ability to apply them to problems while keeping constraints and performance in mind.
• Experience developing or working with animation blend graphs, real-time IK, animation compression, and/or advanced animation memory management.