2K
Senior Gameplay Animation Software Engineer
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada · Senior · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$15k-$25kDetected 6 days ago
PythonC++C#Unreal Engine
About the role
- We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision.
- However, base pay offered is based on market location, and may vary further depending on individualized factors for job candidates, such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and other objective business considerations.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with gameplay engineers / designers to identify and develop new gameplay features
- Support requests and features for content creation tools and animation review, helping translate authentic athlete physics, momentum, and sudden changes of direction into interactive systems
- 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
- E xperience developing and shipping AAA games on Unreal Engine 4 and 5
- In this role, you will be working closely with Animators, Design and Production to develop nuanced and sophisticated animation behaviors that authentically replicate the beautiful, continuous flow of modern field sports.
- You will help build the foundation, then iterate and innovate upon it to polish world-class, pitch-perfect gameplay for what will be the next massive sports franchise in our industry.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
- Solid familiarity and experience with C++
- If you're interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!
Compensation
- The pay range for this position in British Columbia at the start of employment is expected to be between $96,400 and $142,660 per year.
Company info
- Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life. We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration. We're seeking passionate and driven professionals across all areas of game development to help shape this ambitious vision. If you're interested in tackling unique challenges and think you have what it takes to level up our team, we encourage you to apply!
- 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 the beautiful, continuous flow of modern field sports. You will help build the foundation, then iterate and innovate upon it to polish world-class, pitch-perfect gameplay for what will be the next massive sports franchise in our industry.
- Founded in 2023, 2K Sports Lab is the newest stand alone studio at 2K looking to push game development boundaries to bring 2K's next groundbreaking sports franchise to life.
- We're building a world-class team at our new Vancouver, BC location where our goal is to deliver an exceptional experience through bold ideas, technical excellence, and creative collaboration.
- We are looking for a Senior Gameplay Engineer to contribute to the development of new animation features and gameplay mechanics at our new studio.
This listing is sourced directly from 2K's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.