Unreal Engine 5 animation systems are central to this Senior Animation Programmer role at Arcanaut Studios. The position is full time, remote friendly, and based in British Columbia or Alberta. As a senior programmer, you will extend runtime systems, toolchains, and procedural technologies for a AAA sci-fi action RPG. Your work will support character movement, combat mechanics, and fluid physics. You will collaborate with technical animators, gameplay, and cinematics. Key Responsibilities:
Architect and optimize custom Unreal Engine 5 animation systems Implement motion matching and machine learning driven locomotion Maintain procedural systems, state machines, and animation graphs Profile C++ performance using Unreal Insights and profiling tools Collaborate on skeletal mesh and asset ingest pipelines Requirements:
Five or more years of professional game development experience AAA title shipping or support experience, preferably RPG Mastery of C++ within the Unreal Engine ecosystem Strong understanding of three dimensional mathematics Hands on UE5 Toolset experience with Live Link and Sequencer Apply senior Unreal Engine 5 animation programming expertise to runtime systems, procedural technology, and character performance.