Senior Animation Programmer

Techland is one of the biggest video game companies in Poland, with over 30 years of experience in the gaming industry. From studios in Wroclaw and Warsaw, the international team of more than 500 professionals develops games like Call of Juarez and Dying Light. The company focuses on open-world action, storytelling, and community engagement.

• Minimum five years of professional programming experience
• Expertise in C/C++
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
• Experience with multi-threaded and allocator-aware programming
• Experience with memory and performance optimization
• Experience with animation graphs, blend trees, and state machines (e.g., Unreal, Havok Animation, Morpheme)
• Solid understanding of 3D maths and linear algebra
• Proficiency in algorithm design and software architecture
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, extensible, and reusable code
• Great communication skills, enthusiasm, and initiative
• Very good command of English

Nice to have:

• Experience on at least one shipped multiplayer title
• Familiarity with animation technologies like compression, motion synthesis, ragdoll physics, IK
• UX and tool creation experience
• Console programming experience
• Experience with Maya, Motion Builder, or other digital content creation tools
• Python experience
• Familiarity with animation processing and deployment pipelines

• Research, develop, maintain, and improve gameplay and cinematic animation systems with flexibility for AI, designers, and animators
• Take ownership of animation features from content creation tools to engine runtime
• Collaborate with programmers, designers, and artists to gather requirements, troubleshoot, and improve workflow efficiency
• Work closely with animation leads and director to enhance animation quality
• Profile and eliminate bottlenecks in data processing (performance, memory, network, IO)
• Create documentation for gameplay and cinematic teams
• Stay up-to-date on animation technology trends and new developments