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 skilled game development experience
AAA title shipping or support experience, preferably RPG
Mastery of C++ within the Unreal Engine ecosystem
Solid 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.

📌 Senior Unreal Engine Animation Programmer Edmonton
🏢 Arcanaut Studios
📍 Edmonton