At PlayStation London Studio, we are on a mission to make award-winning, landmark games. Our upcoming PlayStation 5 online multiplayer game will be focused on a brand-new IP we are extraordinarily excited about.
Our new game is close to our hearts, as the whole team collaborated on coming up with the concept from the very beginning. We’ve seen this idea grow from a seed, and now we’re looking for new starters to continue our journey on shaping our plans for this AAA project.
We’re also a part of the PlayStation Studios family, a collective of teams - from Insomniac to Naughty Dog and many more. As such, we have solid support system – often knowledge sharing industry advancements so that all our studios, individually lead the way to create memorable gaming experiences.
We’re looking for a Senior or Principal Animation Programmer to join our hardworking and creative team. You’ll be working in the animation engine and support delivery of animation systems for use by other game teams. You will work together with multiple teams within our studio including animators, technical animators, designers, programmers of other fields and more, to advise and support the implementation of animation features.
Scope of Work
Work in our tech animation team developing our new next-gen animation engine.
Working on systems such as: animation networks, state machines, IK, locomotion, and interfacing with game AI among others.
Work closely with animators and gameplay programmers.
Troubleshoot animation related issues throughout the team.
Coordinate with animators, technical animators, and programmers to increase the quality and realism of animations and their underlying systems
Develop animation frameworks that interface with physics and characters
Help develop innovative solutions for difficult animation problems
Help educate and support other teams to use the animation systems accurately and efficiently.
Use appropriate data structures and algorithms to improve efficiency (for both development time and runtime performance).
Knowledge/Experience
Strong C++ programming and debugging skills.
Proficiency in 3D maths.
Experience in computer game animation systems.
Capable of reading and quickly understanding complex code.
Desired Experience
Experience in multi-threading.
Experience in node graph-based animation systems.
Familiarity with high level networking concepts.
Impact/Complexity
We are looking for Animation Programmers who are currently working at a Senior or Principal level. This means you will take ownership for the implementation and delivery of your own tasks, alongside balancing those tasks with bug fixing and support work.
If you are at a Principal level, you will be someone who has multiple years of experience developing AAA PC/console games in various stages of development lifecycle at a Senior level. Therefore, the knowledge you bring to the team will be at an expert level and you will have more responsibility.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
We encourage you to bring your best-unaltered self to work. Inclusivity is one of our studio values, which means we embrace different perspectives to fuel our creativity and we know that our games are stronger for it!
It is important to us that our teams are passionate about diversity and inclusion. They must understand that these words speak to people’s lived experiences that may differ to their own. We encourage our teams to educate themselves and show support and their commitment to DE&I (diversity, equity, and inclusion). As an example, some of our outreach activities include giving talks, mentoring, speaking at schools, running roundtables and much more.
We therefore welcome applications from all groups who are underrepresented in the games industry. We can offer training to upskill our team, so if you don’t feel you meet 100% of the job criteria, we still strongly encourage you to apply and look forward to hearing from you.
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Our roles can be flexible in terms of work location in the UK. We will consider the individual’s preference for hybrid, remote or onsite working. We may be able to support remote working from a selection of other countries depending on location and the role you're applying to, so please reach out to see if that could be a possibility. If you wish to relocate to the UK and require sponsorship, we can support you with the visa process.
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