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# Senior Gameplay and Animation Engineer at 2K Czech

- **Company:** 2K Czech
- **Location:** Brighton England, United Kingdom
- **Posted:** 2025-11-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/2kczech/jobs/7533069003

## Job description

Job Title

Senior Gameplay & Animation Engineer

Department

Engineering

Location(s)

Brighton (preferred), Brno, Prague

Reports To

Lead engineer

Job Type (Permanent, fixed term, internship)

Permanent

## Who We Are

Home to the award winning Mafia franchise, our team are united by passion for rich narrative storytelling, cinematic presentation and AAA craft. We're looking for creative minds and driven professionals who share our love of story, style, and adventure. If you're ready to help shape the next generation of narrative driven games, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Summary

As a Senior Gameplay & Animation Engineer you will set a  high bar for code quality and a passion for gameplay and animation. In this role, you will own and continue the development of our key gameplay and animation systems, you will extend and maintain the code of our technology, tools, and pipelines, working closely with the animators, character artists, designers, and programmers to help develop spectacular gameplay features for our games.

Duties and Responsibilities

- Work within Unreal Engine 5 adapting existing systems and building new technology to fulfil the project’s technical needs and creativity.
- Prototyping and coding gameplay and animation features
- Work closely and constructively with design, animation, and engineering teams to realise creative ambitions
- Support planning efforts by estimating and dependency checking gameplay feature development
- Identify technical and developmental risks/obstacles and generate solutions to overcome identified risks
- Research coding techniques and algorithms in order to keep current on technological developments and advancements in the game industry.

Essential Skills, Attributes and Experience

- Demonstrable programming experience in a creative environment
- Shipped one or more AAA game titles, ideally using Unreal Engine
- Advanced proficiency in C++, linear algebra, 3D Maths and strong familiarity with Object-Oriented (OO) design principles
- Experience with GAS - the Unreal Gameplay Ability System
- Unreal Engine, Blueprints and Unreal Animation Principles
- Dedication to code quality and documentation, and ability to learn and master new technologies and code
- Ability to work independently and efficiently under deadlines
- Effective communicator and collaborator with multi-disciplinary team members

Highly Desirable

- Hands-on experience developing for Unreal Engine and Xbox Series X/S and PS5
- Experience with player controlled characters, Unreal enhanced inputs, cameras and camera systems
- Implementation experience in one or more of the following areas, Inverse Kinematics techniques, Ragdoll and physics-based character animation, Procedural animation techniques, Keyframe animation and forward kinematics, Machine learning driven animation techniques

Hangar 13  prides itself on the diversity of its team members, partners, and communities.  For this reason, we remain committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employment relationship, from recruitment and hiring through compensation, benefits, discipline and termination.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are also committed to ensuring that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation(s) to participate in the job application and/or interview process, to perform their essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.  Please contact us if you need to request reasonable accommodation.

SECURITY NOTICE -  We have recently been made aware of increasing occurrences of bad actors posing as company HR personnel to gain information from "potential candidates", in the form of job interviews and offers. These scams can be quite sophisticated and appear legitimate.

Please know that Hangar 13 and 2K never use instant messaging apps to contact prospective employees or to conduct interviews.

If you believe you have been a victim of such a scam, you may fill out a complaint form at https://complaint.ic3.gov/ and https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ detailing as much as possible. We are taking these matters very seriously and apologize for any inconvenience.

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## About 2K Czech

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: 2K Czech is a video game development studio best known for creating the *Mafia* series and the *Top Spin* franchise, operating as part of the Hangar 13 brand under 2K Games.
- **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, NYSE: TTWO)
- **Headquarters**: Brno, Czechia (with an additional office in Prague)
- **Founded**: 1997 (founded as Illusion Softworks; acquired by Take-Two Interactive and rebranded as 2K Czech in 2008)
- **Founders**: Petr Vochozka and Jan Kudera

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Computer / Video Games
- **Target customers**: B2C – consumers across PC and console platforms (narrative-driven action-adventure, sports simulation)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Create. Innovate. Play.” — the studio focuses on crafting immersive, high-quality gaming experiences alongside its sister studios.

## Products & Services
- **Mafia series**: Acclaimed narrative-driven open-world crime saga. Key releases include *Mafia: City of Lost Heaven* (2002), *Mafia II* (2010), *Mafia III*, *Mafia: Definitive Edition* (2020), and *Mafia: The Old Country* (2025).
- **Top Spin series**: Professional tennis simulation franchise. Notable titles include *Top Spin 4* (2011) and *TopSpin 2K25* (2024).
- **Hidden & Dangerous series**: Tactical World War II shooter (first game released 1999), originally developed by Illusion Softworks.
- **Support & Co-Development**: The studio’s IT teams also support 2K Games studios worldwide, and the animation and art teams collaborate on projects across Hangar 13.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed for the studio itself (parent Take-Two Interactive has a market cap of ~$28 B as of mid-2026).
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue estimated at **$13.1 M** (LinkedIn data); total employees **39** (+ contractors likely higher).
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: A wholly owned subsidiary of **2K Games** (division of Take-Two Interactive). Close collaboration with **Hangar 13** studios in Brighton (UK) and Novato (US).
- **Growth Signals**: Released *Mafia: The Old Country* in early 2025 to strong critical and commercial success; continues to hire for senior animation, engineering, and production roles (8 open positions as of July 2026).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Heritage & IP Ownership**: Decades-long track record with the iconic *Mafia* franchise, a rare narrative-adventure brand in the open-world genre.
- **Specialized Facilities**: In-house motion capture studio, proprietary 3D character scanner, audio rooms, and a private cinema at the Brno office.
- **Talent Density**: A compact, highly senior team (29% Senior+ roles) with alumni moving to top studios (Warhorse, Bohemia Interactive, Ubisoft, etc.) and strong ties to the local Czech game dev ecosystem.
- **Stability & Resources**: Backed by Take-Two Interactive, providing financial security and access to global publishing, marketing, and QA resources.

## Strategic Focus
- **Co-development under Hangar 13**: Deepening collaboration with Brighton and Novato on the *Mafia* franchise and other unannounced projects.
- **Expanding the Prague office**: Growing the team in Prague (new office opened in 2024) to attract talent from the capital.
- **Technical Excellence**: Investing in animation and shader tooling (hiring Lead Technical Artists for tools/pipeline) to push visual fidelity in upcoming titles.

## Why Work Here
- **Work Flexibility**: Option to work from home based on role and responsibilities; relocation support offered. The Brno office is dog-friendly.
- **Perks & Benefits**: Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), pension benefits, sick days/compensation, multisport card, Pluxee card, free drinks and snacks, board game evenings, movie nights, video game library, seasonal events for employees’ children.
- **Culture & Growth**: Professional growth opportunities, a creative and collaborative atmosphere, and the chance to work on globally recognized IP.
- **Office Environment**: Modern eco-friendly building in Brno with panoramic views, dedicated gaming spaces, and a fully stocked kitchen. Prague office features a large balcony with city views and a 3D printer.
- **Engineering & Tech Stack**: Use of industry-standard tools (Jira, Confluence, Slack, C++, Unreal Engine, etc.) and strong DevOps practices (Grafana, Ansible, Terraform, Datadog).

## Sources
1. [2kczech.com](https://www.2kczech.com/)
2. [2kczech.com/career](https://2kczech.com/career/)
3. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/2kczech)
4. [linkedin.com](https://cz.linkedin.com/company/2k-czech)
5. [2kczech.com/about-offices](https://2kczech.com/about-offices/)

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