Animation Software Engineer

ManpowerGroup - Cupertino, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - Cupertino, CA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Animation Software Engineer role at ManpowerGroup involves working with a leading manufacturing company to enhance the Keynote animation engine. This position focuses on implementing high-level animation concepts, optimizing performance, and applying modern testing methodologies. The role is remote and is offered as a 12-month contract with the possibility of extension.

Responsibilities

• Adding new features to the Keynote animation engine
• Profiling and optimizing performance of Keynote animations using state-of-the-art graphics techniques
• Keeping up with the latest best practices in graphics research and development
• Applying modern testing methodologies to a wide variety of animations and effects

Requirements

• Ability to visualize and implement high-level animation and graphical concepts
• Demonstrated experience with Metal, OpenGL, WebGL, Vulkan, or similar GPU API
• Experience with shaders (GLSL, HLSL, Metal shading language, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills
• Adaptable, quick learner
• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience/skills

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with computer graphics research (SIGGRAPH, GDC, etc.)
• Development experience with macOS or iOS (Xcode, Instruments, etc.)
• Experience with CoreGraphics and CoreAnimation
• Experience with RealityKit, SceneKit, Unity, Unreal, or other high-level 3D API
• Experience with low-level media APIs (AVFoundation, VideoToolbox, etc.)
• Experience with Motion, After Effects, or other animation editing tools
• Experience with scripting, unit testing, and automated testing
• Deep knowledge of GPU architectures
• Artistic or design background