Stormind Games

3D Artist

• Create high-quality character, creature, and gameplay animations aligned with the project’s artistic direction.
• Own complex animation features and gameplay systems from concept to final engine integration.
• Ensure animation style, quality, and consistency meet creative and technical standards.
• Collaborate with the Lead Animator to help define and maintain animation quality benchmarks.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of animation pipelines, workflows, and best practices.
• Work closely with Technical Animators to ensure smooth implementation, state machine logic, and performance optimization.
• Provide clear, constructive feedback during animation reviews to support team quality.
• Proactively identify animation risks and propose effective production-ready solutions.
• Ensure animations are responsive, polished, and enhance gameplay feel and player experience.
• Optimize animations to meet real-time performance requirements.
• Support production planning by accurately estimating tasks and delivering assets on schedule.
• Mentor mid-level and junior animators, fostering growth and continuous improvement.

Senior Animator

• Own the integration of animations in the game engine, ensuring correct setup, responsiveness, and high-quality final results.
• Design, build, and maintain robust animation state machines and blending systems to support gameplay needs.
• Ensure animation systems are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with production standards.
• Validate and review animation assets to ensure compliance with technical restrictions and runtime constraints.
• Collaborate with Animators to ensure that animation intent and gameplay feel are preserved through implementation.
• Create, maintain, test, and debug animation tools and pipelines to improve production efficiency and reliability.
• Proactively identify pipeline bottlenecks and propose technical solutions to improve iteration speed and quality.
• Support the definition and adoption of best practices in animation implementation workflows.
• Contribute to documentation and internal knowledge-sharing related to animation systems, tools, and engine workflows.
• Monitor and optimize animation performance within the game engine across target platforms.
• Debug complex animation issues, including state machine logic, blending problems, gameplay responsiveness, and runtime performance.
• Work closely with Engineering and Tech Art to ensure animation systems meet performance and memory requirements.
• Work with cross-disciplinary teams (Animation, Design, Programming, Technical Art) to ensure seamless integration and functionality of animation assets.
• Support the team in solving bugs and technical blockers related to animation systems.
• Act as a reliable technical point of reference for animation implementation decisions.
• Provide guidance and support to other animators and technical animation team members when needed.
• Promote best practices in technical animation problem-solving, debugging, and implementation.
• Contribute to production planning by assessing complexity, risks, and implementation needs for animation systems.

Senior Technical Animator

• Create and implement high-quality real-time visual effects (explosions, fire, smoke, magic, particles, environmental interactions).
• Collaborate closely with the Art Director to ensure VFX aligns with the overall art direction and visual vision of the project.
• Work with Game Designers and Technical Artists to integrate VFX seamlessly into gameplay systems and mechanics.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of VFX pipelines, workflows, and best practices.
• Ensure all visual effects are optimized for performance across target platforms.
• Review and iterate on VFX assets based on feedback from Art Direction, Design, and Technical teams.
• Prototype new ideas and techniques, evaluating feasibility, performance, and visual impact.
• Support and mentor junior VFX artists, sharing knowledge and promoting quality standards.
• Collaborate with QA to identify and resolve visual or performance-related issues.
• Maintain a high level of quality and consistency across all VFX assets.

Senior VFX Artist

QA Engineer

• Supervise the Bugboard (Jira or similar), classifying tickets by priority, severity, and type.
• Manage builds on Cloud platforms (e.g., Steamworks) and coordinate the Build Pipeline.
• Act as a contact point ('glue') between Production, Development, Marketing, and Publishing, supporting Producers in priority management.
• Coordinate QA Department Leads and Testers, and maintain relationships with external partners' QA, Production, and Release Management teams.
• Maintain a 360° view of the product to identify structural deficiencies and propose solutions in agreement with Design.
• Monitor user sentiment via official channels (Steam, YouTube, etc.), coordinate with support for technical troubleshooting, and use multimedia tools (e.g., DaVinci Resolve, Audacity) for advanced video/audio reporting.
• Actively collaborate with all departments to deeply understand game mechanics, suggesting improvements regarding User Experience and supporting any team member in fixing or optimization activities, whether specific or generalist.

QA Manager

Software Engineer

• Define, document, and champion the game's high-level technical architecture.
• Lead technical design discussions, collaborating with Senior Programmers (System, Gameplay, Graphics, etc.) to evaluate solutions and select the best path forward.
• Act as the guardian of code quality, performance, and stability, ensuring all systems work cohesively.
• Champion pragmatic engineering solutions.
• Lead and mentor the entire programming team, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture.
• Maintain a constant, high-level awareness of all technical workstreams.
• Proactively identify when an engineer might be "going off-track".
• Design, implement, and maintain core systems & features yourself when necessary.
• Collaborate to find the best possible compromises between design ambitions and technical reality.

Lead Programmer

• Define and maintain the artistic and technical vision for visual effects across projects.
• Lead, mentor, and support the VFX team, fostering professional growth and high-quality output.
• Create and implement high-quality real-time visual effects (explosions, fire, smoke, magic, particles, environmental interactions).
• Collaborate closely with the Art Director to ensure VFX align with the overall art direction.
• Work with Game Designers and Technical Artists to integrate VFX seamlessly into gameplay systems.
• Oversee VFX pipelines, workflows, and best practices, ensuring consistency and efficiency.
• Ensure all visual effects are optimized for performance across target platforms.
• Review, iterate, and provide constructive feedback on team-created VFX.
• Prototype new ideas and techniques, evaluating feasibility and visual impact.
• Collaborate with QA to identify and resolve visual or performance-related issues.

Lead VFX Artist

Producer

• Oversee the full development process, including planning, scheduling, task management, budget control (in collaboration with finance), and resource allocation.
• Create and maintain project Gantt charts, establish milestones, and ensure teams remain on track to meet deadlines.
• Monitor progress and address challenges proactively to ensure projects align with the company’s goals.
• Collaborate with the Production Director and CCO to identify and recruit key project personnel.
• Assign team members to project phases and oversee onboarding for new hires.
• Mentor team members, fostering a culture of professional growth and development.
• Support HR in recruitment efforts, including conducting interviews.
• Manage team absences, ensuring continuity in project delivery by tracking time logs and coordinating coverage.
• Ensure the creative vision of projects is followed, providing feedback to keep quality aligned with expectations.
• Supervise QA activities to guarantee games are free of critical bugs and deliver excellent player experiences.
• Monitor post-launch game performance, gathering user feedback and implementing corrective measures as needed.
• Work with departmental leads to define and achieve project objectives.
• Facilitate communication between teams, ensuring effective collaboration and information sharing.
• Moderate planning and review meetings to set team goals and monitor their achievement.
• Identify potential risks and challenges that could impact development timelines or success.
• Develop contingency plans and implement strategies to mitigate risks effectively.
• Maintain communication with publishers to align on objectives and deadlines, presenting updates and deliverables.
• Contribute to the negotiation of financial aspects, outsourcing contracts, and freelancer agreements.
• Monitor deliverables from external vendors to ensure quality and deadlines are met.
• Liaise with platform holders (e.g., Steam, Sony, Microsoft) to ensure successful game releases.

Game Engineer

• Design, implement, and maintain core gameplay systems and features using Unreal Engine.
• Collaborate closely with Game Design to translate gameplay concepts and prototypes into robust, scalable, and well-structured gameplay code.
• Own and evolve gameplay features throughout the full development lifecycle, from early prototyping to final polish and live support.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable C++ code, following project coding standards and best practices.
• Integrate gameplay systems with Unreal Engine subsystems such as animation, physics, AI, input, UI, and audio.
• Use Blueprints effectively to support iteration and designer-driven workflows while maintaining strong C++ foundations.
• Analyze, profile, and optimize gameplay systems to meet performance and memory budgets on target platforms.
• Debug and resolve complex gameplay-related issues, ensuring stability and reliability across the whole game.
• Refactor legacy or prototype gameplay code into production-quality systems.
• Collaborate with Production and Leads to plan, estimate, and deliver gameplay features according to project milestones.
• Write and maintain technical documentation for gameplay systems and workflows.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure high code quality across the gameplay team.
• Contribute to improving gameplay programming workflows, tools, and best practices.