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 systemsImplement motion matching and machine learning driven locomotionMaintain procedural systems, state machines,
and animation graphsProfile C++ performance using Unreal Insights and profiling toolsCollaborate on skeletal mesh and asset ingest pipelinesRequirements:
Five or more years of qualified game development experienceAAA title shipping or support experience, preferably RPGMastery of C++ within the Unreal Engine ecosystemStrong understanding of three dimensional mathematicsHands on UE5 Toolset experience with Live Link and SequencerApply senior Unreal Engine 5 animation programming expertise to runtime systems, procedural technology, and character performance.
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