Animation Engineer

finalstrikegames

Full-time Other-General
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Location
vancouver, metro vancouver regional district, Canada
Posted
July 16, 2026

Job Description

Duties

  • Work closely with designers, artists, and animators to bridge the gap between Unreal Engine's core technology and building in-game character animations of the highest quality.
  • Monitor performance, and network reliability of animation gameplay systems
  • Develop test cases and integrate with the QA team
  • Self-manage time and responsibilities when given prioritized goals and objectives

Requirements

  • A 4-year Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent training.
  • At least 3 years experience as a gameplay or animation engineer
  • A strong understanding of game animation methodologies (foot IK, rigging, motion matching, procedural animation, skinning, blend trees, etc)
  • Have deep and current knowledge of the animation systems in Unreal Engine 5.
  • Familiar with using Claude Code in a game development environment
  • Strong programming skills in C/C++
  • Strong mathema...