Animation System Programmer in Amsterdam

• You will help build, optimize and support a new animation system that allows animators to create blend trees, state machines and runtime rigs in a tool, which will cross-compile them to native code for maximum performance
• You will iterate with other programmers, animators, riggers and designers to enhance areas like character movement, interaction with the environment, hit responses, facial animation, procedural animation and in-game cut scenes
• You will keep up-to-date with new developments in your field, and independently research and develop improvements to continuously push our technology forward

• You are articulate, have strong written and verbal communication skills and a good command of the English language
• You have a helpful, solution-oriented attitude
• You are ambitious and not afraid to try something new
• You are an experienced C++ programmer
• You have experience with (skeletal-) animation systems
• You have a passion for making games

• You have experience with NaturalMotion Morpheme
• You have a strong mathematical background
• You have experience with animation software like Maya or MotionBuilder
• You have experience with creating rigs and/or running them in real time

We review countless applications. Follow these do’s and don’ts when completing your application:

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• Upload a code sample in the form of a .zip archive containing:
  

  
  

  • A number of at least 10 files that demonstrate your coding abilities
  • A readme document explaining what is in the file and what these files are expected to portray
  • A project that you are proud to share and are able to demonstrate verbally
  • An example that shows an adequate amount of:
    

    
    

    • Structure
    • Complexity
    • Efficiency
    • Coding style and standards

Don't:

• Share complete projects that takes us a lot of time to browse through to find the ‘example’ code
• Share links to online services such as Github, Bitbucket, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.