Senior Gameplay Animator

Summary

Join our team as a Senior Gameplay Animator and collaborate with designers, programmers, and technical animators to create lifelike and immersive animations for human enemies (NPCs) in our story-driven RPGs. You will be responsible for planning and executing animation sets, utilizing tools like Autodesk Maya, MotionBuilder, and Unreal Engine. This role requires strong experience with motion capture and key-frame animation, a solid understanding of animation principles, and experience shipping games. We offer a hybrid/remote work environment, flexible hours, and a comprehensive benefits package including health and wellness programs, professional development opportunities, and relocation support.

Requirements

• Strong experience with motion capture data and key-frame animation
• Solid understanding of animation principles and body mechanics
• Experience shipping games with at least one title released
• Good grasp and understanding of gameplay design
• Strong knowledge of the latest Unreal Engine animation and gameplay-related systems
• Very good communication and problem-solving skills
• Fluent English

Responsibilities

• Deliver in-game animations using Autodesk Maya, MotionBuilder and Unreal Engine as the main art creation and implementation tools
• Plan, prepare, and direct motion capture sessions
• Establish and maintain animation asset creation workflows, folders, naming conventions and other engine-related organizational structures
• Plan and co-develop multiple NPC-related animation systems, including the structures of animation graphs, procedural animation setups, and engine-specific auxiliary data such as notification and synchronization events, and additional data settings files

Preferred Qualifications

Basic knowledge of Python and the ability to read scripts or C++ code

Benefits

• Hybrid/in-office from Warsaw/Cracow or Wroclaw or fully remote working mode
• Flexible working hours — start your workday anytime between 8:00 and 10:00 AM
• A welcome pack filled with goodies
• Trainings, lectures and courses — internal workshops, external training for each employee, ‘Meet a star’ events, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes
• Merch — gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!
• Private medical healthcare — a selection of medical plans with dental care to choose from, which are also accessible for your partner and relatives
• Psychological care — free mental health support and various well-being webinars
• Multisport card — gain access to a wide number of sporting and fitness facilities across the city
• Dog-friendly office
• Social events
• Healthy selections — organic fruit, snacks, muesli, organic honey, vegan milk, and speciality coffee
• Truly international working environment
• Sustainable campus with an eco ethos — solar panels provide green energy, 2000 plants and an air-filtering system to help provide clean air, electric car charging points, flower meadows, and more green features in the works
• An onsite, well-equipped gym with a climbing wall, daily Gym Assistant support and yoga and healthy spine classes
• Car and bike parking spaces
• A designated space for your bicycle, as well as bicycle repair equipment and showers
• No dress-code
• Relocation package – flight ticket, company apartment for your first month, relocating your pet, shipping your belongings
• Relocation assistance — processing your legalization operations, assistance with finding residence, tax settlements, helping out with translations
• Polish lessons for foreign employees — and for your spouse or partner, too
• Paid Leave — from 20 to 26 days of holiday for every team member per year, paid sick leave, and paid maternity & paternity leave