Job: SENIOR ANIMATION SOFTWARE ENGINEER

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SENIOR ANIMATION SOFTWARE ENGINEER

2K Sports - Visual Concepts, Novato, CA

Posted: January 10, 2012

Job Description

Join the next generation of technology and innovative excellence at Visual Concepts, one of the world s most recognized and well regarded leaders in sports video gaming. Visual Concepts is seeking a senior level candidate with demonstrable passion for and experience in animation technology to participate in Visual Concepts ongoing evolution of realism in sports franchises, including the world s #1 rated and #1 selling NBA 2K series. The successful candidate will have at least a Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science, a deep understanding of animation methodologies and leading technical trends, and a passion for helping create software that is ultimately indistinguishable from real life.

Requirements
* Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science, Master s Degree preferred
* Shipped at least two commercial videogame titles in an animation software engineering role
* Strong theoretical and practical knowledge of motion simulation and animation techniques
* Strong familiarity with the major animation packages in use in the industry, and experience writing plugins for such systems
* The deep desire to push the boundaries of what is possible in animation in games currently
* Familiarity with animation system programming, having written or at least heavily modified an existing animation engine
* Strong math background with an enjoyment of complicated mathematical formulations
* High proficiency in C/C++
* Deep understanding of object oriented programming
* Able to diagnose and solve problems quickly and independently
* Able to learn and master complicated code systems
* Able to write clean, bug free, well documented and efficient code
* Passion for videogames
* Good team player