Senior Engineer, Animation – Story Tech
CD PROJEKT SA
Senior Engineer, Animation – Smart Object
CD PROJEKT SA
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Warsaw • 🇵🇱 Poland
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Senior
About the role
- Designing, implementing, optimizing, and maintaining Animation technology for Open World systems.
- Taking ownership of core animation systems, ensuring scalability, performance, and quality.
- Developing tools and debug utilities to streamline development.
- Collaborating with animators and other specialists to create a believable living world.
- Partnering with design, QA, production, and other teams to define technical scope, timelines, and priorities.
- Debugging, profiling, and resolving technical challenges across large-scale systems.
- Conducting code reviews and maintaining clean, modular, and maintainable code.
- Defining and documenting technical standards.
- Collaborating on rapid prototyping, R&D, and testing new technologies and ideas.
Requirements
- Extensive programming experience with a strong track record in game development.
- Experience in successfully shipping at least one game.
- Expertise in C++ coding principles and practices, with experience in Unreal Engine 4 or 5.
- Strong understanding of game engine architecture, algorithms, and multi-threaded systems.
- Advanced experience with designing and implementing animation systems.
- Solid debugging skills and experience resolving complex technical issues.
- Familiarity with Visual Studio and tools pipelines to enhance developer workflows.
- Willingness to exchange constructive feedback in a respectful environment.
- Mentoring experience is a plus.
- Demonstrated commitment to ownership, knowledge-sharing, and driving initiatives independently.
- Passion for professional growth and staying updated on industry trends.
- Fluent in English (written and spoken).
- Familiarity with agile ways of working.
Benefits
- Relocation package – flight ticket, company apartment for your first month, relocating your pet, shipping your belongings — it’s all covered.
- Relocation assistance — processing your legalization operations for you, assistance with finding residence, tax settlements — all you need to feel right at home is taken care of.
- Polish lessons for foreign employees — and for your spouse or partner, too.
- Life insurance — comprehensive pension and insurance plans to protect you and your loved ones.
- Annual budget for medical expenses (for those working outside Poland).
- Psychological and psychiatrist care — free mental health support and various well-being webinars.
- Paid Leave — from 20 to 26 days of holiday for every team member per year, and paid sick leave.
- Gym Membership Reimbursement.
- Menstrual Leave — employees who menstruate can take one extra day off each month when experiencing period pain.
- RED Parents Network — support for working parents, including childcare benefits, and family-friendly events.
- Flexible working hours — start your workday anytime between 8 and 10 AM (CET).
- REDs have access to the cafeteria platform through which they can receive vouchers and codes to shops, cinemas, and public transport reimbursement.
- Training, lectures and courses — internal workshops, external training for each employee, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available.
- Gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
C++game developmentanimation systemsdebuggingmulti-threaded systemsgame engine architectureUnreal Engine 4Unreal Engine 5code reviewstechnical standards
Soft skills
ownershipknowledge-sharingdriving initiativesmentoringconstructive feedbackcollaborationcommunicationprofessional growthrespectful environmentadaptability
