Lightspeed LA - Senior Game Animation Engineer

Irvine

Senior Game Animation Engineer

LightSpeed LA is seeking for a talented and enthusiastic senior game animation engineer to join our new studio in sunny Irvine California. The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for games and solving ambitious technical and creative problems. Join our team of industry veterans and help us build a team and culture of respect that pushes boundaries while having lots of fun.

Responsibilities:

• Help drive, implement, and support high-performance animation and character technology
• Collaborate directly with engineers, designers, animators, and QA to support high fidelity in-game characters
• Cultivate strong cross-disciplinary working relationships based on honesty and transparency
• Author lean, high-performance, maintainable code
• Actively profile and optimize the game's codebase
• Participate in the testing and documentation of character animation systems and tools
• Mentor, develop, and learn from engineering colleagues
• Help build and maintain an open and energetic team culture

Requirements:

• Passion and enthusiasm for creating fun and engaging gameplay through iteration and innovation
• 5+ years of professional game programming experience (8+ for a lead)
• Deep knowledge of animation, physics, and character-related systems from engine to game
• Experience bringing a large-scale game title to completion on PC and consoles
• Expert in C++, debugging, and 3D math
• Enjoy working closely with creative and technical team members
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Value lean, simple, efficient, well-tested code

Preferred:

• Experience working with AAA engines
• Experience with game console hardware
• Understanding of game asset pipelines