Senior Gameplay and Animation Engineer (Unreal Engine)

Location: Hybrid role based in Brighton, UK, with Brno and Prague also listed as locations

Company

Develops AAA narrative-driven games, including the Mafia franchise, with a focus on rich storytelling, cinematic presentation, and high-quality game development.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain gameplay and animation systems in Unreal Engine 5.
• Extend and maintain game technology, tools, and development pipelines.
• Prototype and code gameplay and animation features.
• Collaborate with designers, animators, character artists, and programmers to deliver gameplay features.
• Estimate development work, check dependencies, and identify technical risks.
• Research coding techniques and algorithms relevant to advances in game development.

Requirements

• Senior-level programming experience in a creative environment.
• Shipped one or more AAA game titles, ideally using Unreal Engine.
• Advanced C++, linear algebra, 3D mathematics, and object-oriented design skills.
• Experience with the Unreal Gameplay Ability System, Unreal Engine, Blueprints, and Unreal animation principles.
• Strong focus on code quality and documentation, with the ability to learn new technologies.
• Ability to work independently under deadlines and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams.

Nice to have

• Experience developing for Unreal Engine, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5.
• Experience with player-controlled characters, enhanced input, cameras, and camera systems.
• Experience with inverse kinematics, ragdoll and physics-based animation, procedural animation, keyframe animation, forward kinematics, or machine-learning-driven animation.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a multidisciplinary game development environment.
• Contribute to narrative-driven AAA games and the Mafia franchise.
• Equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation are provided throughout recruitment and employment.