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Animation Programmer

At BioWare, our mission is to create worlds of adventure, conflict, and companionship that inspire you to become the hero of your story. Our teams inspire creativity using tech and tools such as the Frostbite engine and work with thousands of outstanding developers across EA's network of studios. We are passionate about games and their potential as a creative medium to reach and inspire people through emotion, artistry, and engaging storytelling. If you share this passion, this is an amazing opportunity to help shape the next generation of gaming.

What the Animation Software Developer will do at BioWare:

Reporting to the lead gameplay programmer, you will work with our animation, design, and programming teams to develop the technology necessary to amaze our players with industry-leading animation.

Who You Are:

You are a collaborative developer with experience working with animation systems for AAA console and PC video games. You have a passion for high-fidelity animation and can help us push our games to the next level. You are creative and communicative. You want to help us build the best games in the industry.

Responsibilities:

• Develop gameplay and cinematic animation systems that meet creative and technical requirements.
• Work with animators and designers on solutions that further our games' artistic vision through immersive animation.
• Work with other programmers to use and extend existing systems in new ways.

Requirements:

• Experience developing animation features and systems for AAA PC and console games.
• Experience developing systems where memory, and performance is important.
• Professional experience developing in C++ with an understanding of software design principles

What's in it for you? Glad you asked!

We are proud of the great perks we offer like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, pension with company match and, of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes excellent people to make outstanding games, we offer great benefits packages and a culture that appreciates creativity and individuality. Health, Dental, Financial offered (ESPP and RRSP matching); Bonus and relocation assistance also offered.

More about our location: http://careers.ea.com/our-locations/edmonton

EA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.