Spearhead the journey from ingesting high-quality motion training data to delivering cutting-edge assets to AAA clients, making a direct impact on our innovative projects.

Craft and refine powerful animation libraries that fuel our machine learning models, establishing yourself as a domain expert at the crossroads of 3D animation and ML technology both within and beyond Uthana.

Supercharge our training, working closely with ML engineers to enhance 3D motion data pipelines for peak model performance.

Implement groundbreaking techniques for processing, retargeting, and delivering motion, taking full ownership of the retargeting system to seamlessly support diverse skeletons and rigs across multiple engines.

Support Uthana’s clients by troubleshooting and innovating within our generative processes, empowering them to harness the full potential of our technology.

Collaborate with frontend engineers to pioneer new methods of animating content in 3D web applications.

Experience: At least 5 years of software development experience in the game industry.

Programming Skills: Strong proficiency in C++ and Python.

3D Math: Solid understanding of 3D math (linear algebra) including transform matrices, quaternions, and change of basis transformations and its application in animation systems.

Animation Engineering: Proven track record of shipping animation gameplay systems and pipelines, state machines, anim graphs, and animation controllers.

Technical Artistry: Keen eye for animation quality, knowledge of character animation systems, file formats (FBX, GLTF, USD, UAsset), blend trees, skeletons, motion capture, inverse kinematics, retargeting, skinning, and animation compression.

Team Collaboration: Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical team members.

Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, with meticulous attention to detail.

Nice to have: Experience working in Unity and/or Unreal; experience writing plug-ins for Maya, character rigging, or asset pipeline; experience as 3D Animator, rigger, and/or working with Motion Capture technologies; familiarity with physics-based animation techniques.

Transform novel AI solutions for 3D animation into practical, user-friendly tools for video game developers.

Create and maintain frontend web interfaces that incorporate 3D applications using Three.js or comparable libraries.

Collaborate closely with AI/ML and backend engineers to integrate APIs and platform technologies seamlessly.

Partner with Uthana Founders to deliver visually appealing, robust web applications in response to customer needs.

Flex beyond job description and into all things technical at a startup.

7+ years of development experience, including experience with JavaScript and TypeScript.

Proficient in 3D math, especially linear algebra.

Expertise in 3D Graphics with WebGL, OpenGL, or similar, and experience in 3D rendering engines like Three.js.

Skilled in integrating data with frontend applications, including REST APIs, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSockets.

Demonstrated ability to oversee the entire frontend stack, prioritizing efficiency and quality in UI design and implementation.

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, complemented by extensive experience in web application development.

Bonus: Experience in game development or backend development with C++/Python, knowledge in machine learning, computer vision, or neural networks, and/or familiarity with video game animation.

Design and implement machine learning solutions tailored to the 3D animation space.

Develop and optimize a dedicated pipeline for converting 2D video into 3D animations, leveraging state-of-the-art techniques in computer vision, SMPL, and motion capture.

Work closely with the founding team to adjust reinforcement learning approaches to meet the specific requirements of our product.

Build scalable tools for modeling and performance evaluation.

Own technical projects from start to finish.

Leverage the latest in computer vision and LLMs to enhance to core 3D animation application.

Contribute to the team's strategy and goals related to project impact, AI system design, and ML excellence.

Handle large-scale 3D dataset pipelines for preprocessing and training.

MS or Ph.D. in AI, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or another relevant field; or equivalent real-world experience.

Academic or industry research experience with generative models, especially GANs or diffusion models.

6+ years of software engineering experience, inclusive of time spent in a PhD program.

Experience with a variety of state-of-the-art machine learning approaches.

Experience with common AI libraries: TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, spaCy.

Early-stage startup experience is strongly preferred.

Experience in 3D (gaming, graphics, simulations, robotics, etc) preferred.