At Amazon Games, our ambition is to create bold new experiences that foster community in and around our games. Our team of game industry veterans is developing and publishing live service AAA multiplayer games and developing original IPs, including New World: Aeternum and an upcoming title based on The Lord of the Rings, with our studios and teams in Seattle, Orange County, San Diego, Montreal, and Bucharest. Amazon Games also publishes best-in-class games in close collaboration with developers, leading with Lost Ark from Smilegate RPG, THRONE AND LIBERTY from NCSOFT, and King of Meat from Glowmade, as well as the next major entry in the Tomb Raider series from Crystal Dynamics.

As a Technical Animator at Amazon Games, you'll blend art and technology using in house engine and tools. You'll create character animation pipelines, implement locomotion systems, and develop technical solutions for gameplay and cinematic animations, rigging and skinning. You will handle mocap and keyframe animations while building tools to improve workflow efficiency. You will solve technical challenges and ensure high-quality character performance.

Key job responsibilities
- Work with Designers and Engineers to understand and implement gameplay animation features, troubleshoot animation graphs and artwork.
- Facilitate the creation and implementation of tools and techniques that allow the building of complex and high-quality animation systems
- Innovate and streamline animation pipeline processes and workflows
- Create high quality animations supporting the newly developed behaviors and systems and implement them in engine
- Work with the animation leadership on defining and maintaining the style and quality bar of the in-game animation
- Be mindful of any performance issues and be responsible for making performance improvements.
- Take ownership of challenging projects and provide innovative solutions, including mentoring team members and creating documentation



About the team
Welcome to Amazon Games Bucharest! Joining the ranks of the existing development teams in Orange County, Montreal, San Diego and Seattle, we’re excited to expand Amazon Games’ commitment to creating and publishing incredible games, and we’re on the lookout for talented folks to join us as we grow.