Senior Software Engineer, Animation - Overwatch 2 | Irvine, CA

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Senior Software Engineer, Animation - Overwatch 2 | Irvine, CA

Requisition ID:

R025530

Job Description:

Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, oddities…engineers! We are the Overwatch team, passionate gamers at heart, and we're looking for a new hero to help us make Overwatch 2 - the globe-spanning sequel to Blizzard Entertainment's acclaimed team-based game.

We are seeking a talented, motivated, and experienced Senior Animation Engineer who shares our values:

• We take responsibility for delivering our work
• We collaborate constantly, helping each other to be successful
• We continuously improve our knowledge, workflows and processes
• We communicate openly, calling out issues, opportunities, and sharing feedback
• We have integrity, maintain confidentiality, and share a sense of ownership in our success
• We have passion for the game, our players, quality work, and technology

This philosophy, along with the Blizzard values of “Gameplay First” and “Play Nice, Play Fair,” has made Overwatch one of Blizzard's most successful games, and it has forged a bond of trust with our worldwide player community that is extremely important to us.

Our ideal candidate has a passion for games and working with animators to bring characters to life.

Responsibilities

• Build optimized, sustainable and maintainable technologies to help solve game driven animation problems
• Implement tools and pipelines integrating with game systems for the rapid creation and iteration of animation content
• Work closely with designers, artists, and other engineers to ensure a great player experience
• Work with the animators and technical artists to support their needs and ensure a powerful and easy workflow
• Advise and mentor programmers within your areas of expertise

Requirements

• Extreme passion for playing and making video games
• Advanced C++ programming skills
• 5+ years’ experience in game programming, including experience working on at least one AAA shipped title
• Comfortable defining how animations are organized and played back in-game
• Experience with engineering highly optimized networked animation and game systems
• Experience with blend tree systems
• Experience with low-level animation constructs: compression, blending, and posing
• Strong experience with various data structures and algorithms
• Strong mathematics skills including proficiency using trigonometry and linear algebra
• Must be comfortable working within and adding to an established code framework
• Self-motivated and self-directing
• Effective communication skills with developers of all technical skill levels

Pluses

• Multi-threading and optimization
• Client-server game development
• Game physics
• Wide range of PC hardware and console platforms
• Version control systems: Git, Perforce, or Subversion
   

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment.  We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of th