Senior / Architect Animation Engineer, Bungie

Unannounced Project

$162-191k

This pay range may be adjusted up to +/- 10% and some roles may be classified as non-exempt (hourly). Plus discretionary bonus opportunities

C++

Senior level

Remote from US

More information about location

Video game studio

Job no longer available

Video game studio

1001+ employees

B2CGamingDigital MediaSaaS

Job no longer available

$162-191k

This pay range may be adjusted up to +/- 10% and some roles may be classified as non-exempt (hourly). Plus discretionary bonus opportunities

C++

Senior level

Remote from US

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2CGamingDigital MediaSaaS

Company mission

To create hopeful worlds that inspire passionate player communities and lifelong friendships.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Ability to write, debug, and maintain code in C++
Proficiency in 3D math, data structures, and algorithms
Proven experience building and maintaining modern video game animation systems
Ability to diagnose and address performance bottlenecks in animation and gameplay code
Ability to communicate with customers of different technical and non-technical backgrounds to help them navigate technology and achieve their goals

Desirable

Experience with modular character systems
Experience with networked animation
Familiarity with C#

What the job involves

As a Senior Animation Engineer at Bungie, you’ll help build the roadmap for our animation technology, driving investments in smoother workflows, new capabilities, and features that delight millions of players
Collaborate with art, design, and engineering to create novel animation behaviors
Update and document workflows for animators creating new content both on the player and AI side
Uphold animation budgets and performance goals across multiple platforms
Build new core features in the animation system

Our take

As one of the leading video game companies in the US, Bungie’s former titles have included bestselling game franchises such as Halo and Destiny, marking it as a next-gen studio that is keeping its finger on the next-gen games console pulse.

Bungie scaled up in the early noughties thanks to an acquisition by Microsoft, leading to a period where Bungie made games for a variety of consoles. In 2022, it was bought by Sony for $3.6 billion, though it claims that it will still work across different platforms despite its owner’s lean towards PlayStation.

Indeed, Sony claims to have bought Bungie for its help in entering the live service games market. In return, Bungie will benefit by scaling up its team for new game and DLC releases. This is a promising direction, although it is worth noting that the underperformance of Destiny 2 has cast a few worries on the nature of Bungie's independent future.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

19% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.62)

Trustpilot (1.7)

Company

Funding (1 round)

Jun 2018

$100m

GROWTH EQUITY VC

Total funding: $100m

Company benefits

Contract and International FTE employees receive competitive benefits through their relevant contracting agency
20 days of accrued time-off in the form of PTO and sabbatical days, depending on the level of the position
10 paid Floating Days annually, prorated in the first year of employment based on start date
10 paid Bungie-observed holidays annually
One hour of Paid Sick Time (PST) for every 30 hours worked

Company HQ

West Bellevue, Bellevue, WA

Leadership

Pete Parsons

(CEO & Chairman)

Currently Board member for Boys and Girls Clubs of Bellevue. Previously Co-Founder and Inventor of Meteor Solutions, and an Executive Producer at Microsoft.

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