Software Engineer, Cinematic Tools
Absurdventures · Santa Monica
About this role
**Software Engineer, Cinematic Tools** **Summary** We are seeking a highly experienced and collaborative Software Engineer to help drive the design, implementation, and support of tools for Absurd's cinematic content pipeline. As a Cinematics Pipeline Tools Engineer, you will be passionate about developing tools and systems that enable animators, audio engineers, and cinematic producers to create world-class cinematic content for our games. **Core Responsibilities** • Work directly with leadership from Absurd's production department to identify audio and motion capture toolchain requirements, and then build, test, and support those tools • Support and guide work done by creative staff who use agentic coding as part of their regular workflows • Interface with animators, audio engineers, cinematic producers to design, implement, and support tools for ingesting, authoring, and exporting cinematic content • Participate in technical planning, task estimation, and milestone reviews • Work directly with studio production staff to provide troubleshooting and support during production shoots **Core Qualifications** • 5+ years of professional game development experience with a focus on systems for cinematic content capture, management, and authoring • 2+ years of professional experience working in Unreal Engine (Sequencer, animation, audio systems) • 1+ year professional experience developing desktop applications in C# or similar language • Shipped at least one AAA title in an engineering role • Superb written and verbal communication skills • Comfortable using AI coding agents and helping non-engineers use them • Comfortable working in both PC and Mac environments • Customer-centric mindset with excellent problem-solving skills **Plus if you have:** Experience with Wwise, ProTools, Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, Maya, motion capture systems (Captury, Xsens), narrative authoring systems (Articy), or automation pipelines (Horde, TeamCity, Jenkins) **Position Details** 📍 On-site in Santa Monica, CA (near downtown, metro, and freeways) 💼 Full-time with benefits 💰 $130,000 - $155,000/year (based on experience) 🎁 Vacation, sick time, holidays, parental leave, medical/dental/vision, life insurance, disability, 401(k) matching, plus potential bonus and equity
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