Manticore Games® is building a new immersive, open world sandbox life-simulation Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game leveraging the power of its UGC platform, Core. Manticore launched the Core platform in 2021, featuring live events, interactive entertainment, and more than 50,000 games and worlds to play and explore. Core is a radically accessible game construction kit and social game-playing platform, all-in-one. Now, Manticore is expanding on the Core universe and is looking for qualified pioneers to join the journey.

We are seeking a talented, motivated, and experienced Senior VFX Artist to help us bring combat and environments to life with beautiful stylized effects and materials that will excite and impress our players. This is a 6-12 month short-term role with the possibility of becoming a full-time, permanent position when the contract concludes.

## Responsibilities

- Collaborate with art directors, game designers, and engineers to conceptualize and create visually striking VFX for games.
- Develop and implement stylized effects for combat, creatures, characters and the environment.
- Work with Unreal Engine using Niagara to integrate VFX seamlessly into gameplay, optimize performance, and ensure visual fidelity.
- Prototype and iterate on VFX ideas, incorporating feedback from internal teams to refine the final look and feel.
- Create and maintain VFX shaders and materials to achieve the desired aesthetic and enhance overall visual quality.

## Requirements

- 5+ years of experience as a VFX artist in the games industry, with a strong portfolio showcasing stylized effects work.
- Shipped at least one AAA PC/Console title or equivalent experience working in a live production environment.
- Experience developing stylized VFX for PC/Console.
- Expertise in Unreal Engine using Niagara for VFX creation, optimization, and integration.
- Solid understanding of blueprint development in Unreal Engine to implement interactive and dynamic VFX systems.
- Experience with creating and optimizing VFX shaders and materials in a real-time rendering environment.
- Strong artistic and technical skills, with a keen eye for detail and a passion for pushing visual boundaries.
- Strong sense of timing, shape and form as it applies to VFX.
- Self-motivated, excellent communication skills, and a great team-player attitude.
- Able to work creatively as part of a large or small group.
- Proven problem-solving / prototyping ability.
- Able to effectively collaborate with game designers and programmers.

## Pluses

- Experience working with Substance Painter and Designer.
- Experience working with Houdini.
- Skill in one or more related disciplines.
- Experience on MMO or RPG titles.
- Experience in multiple genres of games.

## Perks

- Medical, Dental, Vision & Life/AD&D Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Fully Remote
- Flexible PTO
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Commuter Benefits
- ADP Employee Discount Program
- Daily Lunch (in office only)
- Free Snacks & Beverages (in office only)

Senior VFX Artist

Manticore Games® is building a new immersive, open world sandbox life-simulation Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game leveraging the power of its UGC platform, Core. Manticore launched the Core platform in 2021, featuring live events, interactive entertainment, and more than 50,000 games and worlds to play and explore. Core is a radically accessible game construction kit and social game-playing platform, all-in-one. Now, Manticore is expanding on the Core universe and is looking for qualified pioneers to join the journey.

Manticore is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Lead Animator to join our talented team and play a pivotal role in bringing our next PC title to life. As the Lead Animator, you will be responsible for overseeing all animation aspects of the project, ensuring characters come alive with stunning detail and believable movement.

## Responsibilities:

- Lead a team of animators in creating high-quality animations for characters, creatures, and objects.
- Collaborate closely with designers, artists, and engineers to ensure animation styles and workflows align with gameplay mechanics and visual design.
- Develop and maintain animation state machines to manage complex character animations, including locomotion, combat, and interaction sequences.
- Develop and implement animation pipelines and workflows to optimize efficiency and maintain quality.
- Create and maintain animation libraries for consistent visual style and reuse.
- Mentor and guide the animation team, fostering their growth and development.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest animation techniques and technologies.
- Review and provide constructive feedback on animation work.
- Manage deadlines and resources effectively.

## Requirements:

- Minimum 7+ years of experience in game animation, preferably on AAA titles.
- Proven leadership experience in managing and motivating a team of animators.
- Develop and maintain animation state machines to manage complex character animations, including locomotion, combat, and interaction sequences.
- Strong understanding of animation principles, body mechanics, rigging and weight painting.
- Expertise in Maya animation software.
- Experience crafting stylized animations for melee/ranged combat systems.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
- Passion for video games and a strong understanding of AAA game development processes.
- A portfolio showcasing high-quality animation work, ideally for video games.

## Pluses:

- Experience with animation tools like Houdini or UE 5's animation system.
- Knowledge of scripting languages like Python or C++.
- A proven track record of shipping AAA titles.

Lead Animator

Manticore Games® is building a new immersive, open world sandbox life-simulation Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game leveraging the power of its UGC platform, Core. Manticore launched the Core platform in 2021, featuring live events, interactive entertainment, and more than 50,000 games and worlds to play and explore. Core is a radically accessible game construction kit and social game-playing platform, all-in-one. Now, Manticore is expanding on the Core universe and is looking for qualified pioneers to join the journey.

We are looking for an experienced and innovative Gameplay Designer to help build a new, immersive multiplayer experience. Working in collaboration with the product, production, art, and engineering teams, you will help shape and work on a new immersive, open world sandbox life-simulation Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game. As a Designer, your work will be critical to the game’s success and growth.

## Responsibilities:

- Conceptualize, design, and implement game content, social features, and engaging moment-to-moment gameplay.
- Outline clear high-level designs for genre-defining systems and advocate for these designs with key stakeholders across key development groups.
- Work closely with designers and product managers to create fun, engaging, and diverse features and experiences.
- Collaborate with environment artists and gameplay engineers to create, implement, and polish systems and mechanics.
- Contribute to presentation, the level design of world spaces, gameplay and systems design, and more.
- Adapt to technical and production constraints & participate in finding solutions to optimize features.
- Write and maintain specification design and game-balancing spreadsheets documents.
- Be an advocate for player experience and create compelling user stories.
- Help implement game system, gathering feedback and adjusting design accordingly.
- Your player empathy and creativity help create in- and out-of-game experiences that engage and surprise players. You will work with interdisciplinary teams, contributing and translating feedback to improve and iterate player-focused designs to delight players.

## Requirements:

- Experience as an advocate for player experience with a history of creating quality games, and features.
- Strong technical ability in implementing features either created by yourself or by engineers.
- Deep understanding of what makes games fun and current best practices.
- Demonstrated experience tuning and balancing games.
- A minimum of 8 years of experience in game design or related experience.
- Critical thinking, curiosity, resourcefulness, and flexibility in a changing environment.
- Strong understanding of free-to-play design, mechanics, and strategies.
- Experience building MMORPGs, Simulation Games, Survival Games, RPGs, or Virtual Worlds is a huge plus.
- Excellent verbal & written communication skills, with experience communicating designs and delivering creative and technical feedback to a diverse group of stakeholders and colleagues.

## Perks

- Medical, Dental, Vision & Life/AD&D Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Full Remote
- Flexible PTO
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Commuter Benefits
- ADP Employee Discount Program
- Daily Lunch (in office only)
- Free Snacks & Beverages (in office only)

Senior/Lead Gameplay Designer

Manticore Games® is building a new immersive, open world sandbox life-simulation Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game leveraging the power of its UGC platform, Core. Manticore launched the Core platform in 2021, featuring live events, interactive entertainment, and more than 50,000 games and worlds to play and explore. Core is a radically accessible game construction kit and social game-playing platform, all-in-one. Now, Manticore is expanding on the Core universe and is looking for qualified pioneers to join the journey.

We are looking for Software Engineers to help us build an interconnected, entertaining multiplayer experience. Our headquarters are located in San Mateo, CA but this role can be fully remote.

## Responsibilities

- Designing, developing and implementing major systems.
- Developing client-server gameplay code.
- Assisting design and art in planning and implementing features and improvements.
- Optimizing code and providing game performance feedback to other teams.
- Developing tools and processes used by the team.
- Maintaining and extending engine code.
- Creating tools and pipelines that support high performance use of user generated content.

## Requirements

- Four years or more of game development programming experience using C++.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines such as art, design and engineering.
- Proven problem-solving and application of good software engineering practices.
- BS degree in Computer Science or a related field, or significant industry experience as the degree equivalent.

## Pluses

- Experience working on games that leverage UGC, or games that have significant online components such as MMOs.
- Experience using Unreal Engine.
- Experience in auditing and improving client security of a game.
- Experience in crafting game economy systems.
- Experience with PC targets.
- Experience in graphics debugging, profiling, and optimization, especially in Unreal Engine.
- Technical knowledge of how networked client/server systems can be exploited, with a focus on game security, and experience with implementing solutions that combat game cheating.

## Perks

- Medical, Dental, Vision & Life/AD&D Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Fully Remote
- Flexible PTO
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Commuter Benefits
- ADP Employee Discount Program
- Daily Lunch (in office only)
- Free Snacks & Beverages (in office only)

Senior/Principal Software Engineer - Client

Manticore Games® is building a new immersive, open world sandbox life-simulation Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game leveraging the power of its UGC platform, Core. Manticore launched the Core platform in 2021, featuring live events, interactive entertainment, and more than 50,000 games and worlds to play and explore. Core is a radically accessible game construction kit and social game-playing platform, all-in-one. Now, Manticore is expanding on the Core universe and is looking for qualified pioneers to join the journey.

We are looking for a Build Engineer to drive process and technology improvement around builds, automation, and tools on the Infrastructure team. This person will create meaningful contributions that result in increased engineering productivity throughout the organization. Our headquarters are located in San Mateo, CA but this role can be fully remote.

## Responsibilities

- Develop and support platform build tools, automation and test infrastructure
- Own and troubleshoot the deployment tools and fix operational problems as they arise
- Develop and streamline technology that improves productivity for all of engineering
- Participate in code reviews

## Requirements

- 2+ years of professional programming experience
- Experience in one or more scripting languages, such as: Powershell, Groovy, Python
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong verbal and written communication skills
- Experience with source control systems such as Perforce and Git
- BS degree in Computer Science or a related field or 2+ years industry experience as the degree equivalent

## Pluses

- Experience in build engineering
- Experience with Jenkins
- Experience developing in C#
- Experience with Cloud Services (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
- Experience with Unreal 4 or Unreal 5
- Experience or a strong interest in games development
- Familiarity with Windows administration

## Perks

- Medical, Dental, Vision & Life/AD&D Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Fully Remote
- Flexible PTO
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Commuter Benefits
- ADP Employee Discount Program
- Daily Lunch (in office only)
- Free Snacks & Beverages (in office only)

Software Engineer - Build

Manticore Games

Manticore Games is the developer and operator of Core. Core is an endless universe of games to play and worlds to explore designed by a global community of creators. It’s a radically accessible game construction kit and social game-playing platform, all-in-one. Whether you’re interested in playing unexpected takes on shooters, RPGs, and party games, exploring massive and spectacular worlds with friends, or unleashing your own insane game designs on the world, Core is your portal to the Multiverse.

Manticore Games has received backing from Benchmark Capital, XN, Epic Games, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Correlation Ventures, BITKRAFT Esports Ventures & BITKRAFT Opportunity Fund, LVP, M Ventures, Tuesday Capital, SV Angel, Arrive (a Roc Nation company), Sapphire Sport.

To apply, please visit our careers page: https://www.manticoregames.com/careers/

Core is available to download now for free on the Epic Games Store at www.epicgames.com/store/p/core. To learn more about Core, visit www.coregames.com,

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