Senior Gameplay Animation Engineer

Who We Are

2K Games is headquartered in Novato California and is a wholly owned label of TakeTwo Interactive Software Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO). Founded in 2005 2K Games is a global video game company publishing titles developed by some of the most influential game development studios in the world. Our studios responsible for developing 2Ks portfolio of worldclass games across multiple platforms include Visual Concepts Firaxis Hangar 13 CatDaddy Cloud Chamber 31st Union and HB Studios. Our portfolio of titles is expanding due to our global strategic plan building and acquiring exciting studios whose content continues to inspire all of us! 2K publishes titles in todays most popular gaming genres including sports shooters action roleplaying strategy casual and family entertainment.

Located in Vancouver BC 2K Sports Lab is a small collective being formed within 2K Games that is driving the research and development of future sports interactive entertainment programs. Within this group speculative work will be done on future sports games with an eye towards taking the magic of 2Ks publishing and development expertise and applying them to future opportunities.

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What We Need

We are looking for a Senior Gameplay Engineer to contribute to the development of new animation features and gameplay mechanics at our new studio. In this role you will be working closely with Animators Design and Production to develop nuanced and sophisticated animation behaviors that authentically replicate sport. You will help build the foundation then iterate and innovate upon it and polish world class gameplay for what will be the next massive sports franchise in our industry.

What Youll Do

• Collaborate closely with gameplay engineers/designers to identify and develop new gameplay features
• Feature owner of key animationdriven gameplay mechanics
• Support requests and features for content creation tools and animation review/analysis
• Assist engineers in making the best use of existing and new animation features
• Keep up to date with the latest industry work and implement these techniques
• Write and maintain robust and performant code
• Optimize code and debug animation issues as they arise

What Will Make You A Great Fit

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Excellent 3D math and linear algebra skills
• Solid familiarity and experience with C
• 2 years of proven experience working with animation or gameplay systems
• Implementation experience in one or more of the following areas inverse kinematics techniques procedural animation techniques keyframe animation and forward kinematics
• Ability to explain technical topics to people of varying levels of expertise
• An eye for detail in creating dynamic authentic and responsive character animation
• Love for video games (not just ours!

Beneficial Qualifications

• Experience developing and shipping AAA games on Unreal Engine 4 and 5
• Masters/PhD in a related field with a focus on animation related topics
• Familiarity with Python and/or C#

The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between CAD $87800and CAD $133400 per year. However actual pay offered is based on market location and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates such as jobrelated knowledge skills experience and other objective business considerations. If hired the company reserves the right to modify base pay (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time including for reasons related to individual performance company or individual department/team performance and market factors.

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