• Ownership of technical features: Over time, take ownership of specific features and ensure they meet the highest quality standards. • Console development: Support PS5 and Xbox Series X/S development, ensuring robust performance and TRC/XR compliance. • Cross-team collaboration: Work closely with design, art, and production to estimate tasks, define technical scope, and maintain alignment across disciplines. • Team management: Lead and manage other developers, mentor junior team members, and support the hiring process to help build a high-performing team. • Maintain standards: Promote a robust, reusable code mindset within the team and ensure maintainable, scalable solutions throughout the development process. • Conceptual contribution: Propose new concepts and ideas informed by a strong understanding of current trends. • Planning and coordination: Coordinate with other leads on planning and resource allocation to ensure efficient use of team capabilities and alignment with project goals. • Estimation and technical breakdown: Help with effort estimations and break down complex technical topics.

• Ownership of tech features: Over time, take ownership of certain features to ensure the highest possible quality. • Console development: Support console development on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, ensuring robust performance and TRC/XR compliance. • Cross-team collaboration: Work closely with design, art, and production to estimate tasks, scope technical needs, and maintain alignment across disciplines. • Team management: Manage other developers, mentor juniors and support the hiring process for new developers to help build a high-performing team. • Maintain standards: Guarantee a robust and reusable code mindset within the team, promoting maintainable and scalable solutions throughout the development process. • Suggest new concepts and ideas based on a strong understanding of current trends. • Maintain planning: Coordinate with other leads on planning and resource allocation, ensuring efficient use of team capabilities and alignment with project goals. Help with effort estimations and break down complex technical topics.

• At least eight (8) years of proven production experience, ideally within AAA, AA, or high-quality indie titles. • Previous leadership or supervisory experience is required. • Ability to work efficiently and professionally, demonstrating versatility in both independent and team-based settings. • Experience as an animation instructor in a university or online program is preferred but not required. • Deep understanding of animation principles: weight, physics, balance, appeal, clear timing, spacing, and staging, particularly as they apply to creature locomotion and combat. • Knowledgeable in human and animal anatomy, with the ability to translate real-world studies into fantastical movement. • Profound understanding of leveraging reference and research for nuanced performance choices, utilizing biomechanical analysis to ground animation in authenticity. • Proficient with Autodesk’s Maya. • Proficiency in conveying emotion through body language and facial expressions. • Experience with motion capture data and/or creature animation is highly beneficial and central to this role. • Working understanding of Unreal Engine is a plus. • Clear and cohesive communication of performance ideas that align with the project vision. • Proactive and adept problem-solving skills to identify show needs and potential issues. • Ability to effectively communicate in English.

• Writing high-performance, scalable, and maintainable code • Solving tricky debugging and optimisation challenges • Making sure networking runs like a dream in multiplayer environments • Guiding and mentoring other engineers to level up their skills • Collaborating with designers and artists to create something amazing