GOALS is our attempt to give football the game it deserves. A fair game, that is a reflection of football, rather than the football industry. We wanted to make a game that’s fun right away, without players having to invest a fortune. We are a remote first (within Europe) company with headquarters in Stockholm.It’s a game about winning, but one where victory comes in more forms than simply winning matches. Focus on trick shots, design awesome t-shirts or create an arena that inspires greatness. No two players will be on the same journey.GOALS is for everyone, like football can and should be. It’s for the casuals and the pros. For the players, the managers and the fans. It’s for the designers, the audience and the divas. For everyone who loves the game itself or anything surrounding it. GOALS is football.We are humble in the way we work, always embracing that skilled and passionate people are the heart and core of our studio.At GOALS we are all about encouraging creativity, curiosity, and innovation. We want a culture where you feel safe to be yourself and can voice your opinion.We empower flexibility and believe in a balanced workplace. As an inclusive and international company, you decide where to work and when to do the job. We are a remote first (within Europe) company with headquarters in Stockholm.

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<div id="cw-rich-description" style="color:#171B27; margin-bottom: 32px;"> About the opportunity : As a Business Analyst - Content, you will play a critical role in analysing and interpreting complex data sets to help us understand user behaviour,improve content recommendations, optimize user experience, and drive strategic decisions. You will work closely with cross functional teams, including product, engineering, content,and marketing, to ensure our day-to-day work is strongly data-informed. <div> </div>Key responsibilities: <ol><li dir="ltr">Track and analyse content performance across regional cultures. </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Analyse metrics like watch time, completion rates, and engagement for content in different cultures </li><li dir="ltr">Compare performance across cultures to identify successful content patterns </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Create content performance dashboards and reports </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Build automated dashboards showing key content metrics </li><li dir="ltr">Generate regular reports on content performance for stakeholders and content team </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Analyse viewer preferences and behaviour by cultures and regions </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Study how different regions consume content. </li><li dir="ltr">Understand peak viewing times, preferred devices, and viewing patterns by cultures </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Support content acquisition with performance insights and forecasts </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Help acquisition team make data-driven decisions on content purchases </li><li dir="ltr">Predict potential performance of new content based on historical data </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Generate ROI analysis for content investments </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Calculate return on investment for different types of content </li><li dir="ltr">Compare ROI across cultures and genres </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Optimize content scheduling based on viewing patterns </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Recommend best release times for new content </li><li dir="ltr">Optimize content placement on platform based on viewing data </li></ul><li dir="ltr">Create content performance forecasting models </li><ul><li dir="ltr">Build models to predict content success </li><li dir="ltr">Develop viewership forecasts for new content releases </li></ul></ol>Our ideal candidate: Must have: ● 1-4 years of product analytics experience in a B2C context ● Proficiency with SQL, Excel, product analytics (Mix panel, Amplitude or similar) and Business Intelligence (Tableau or similar) tools ● Strong problem-solving skills and an insatiable curiosity to get behind the ‘why’of every problem statement ● Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a cross-functional team Should have: ● Ability to judge what metrics to measure for different problem statements ● Ability to design and run experiments independently ● Ability to write great analysis documents/notes to succinctly communicate your findings to a broad audience ● Experience designing event tracking schemas Nice to have: ● Experience in the OTT/entertainment industry <div dir="ltr"> </div><div> </div> </div>

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Lead the development of a runtime procedural character generation system in Unreal Engine 5.5 for a football game.  Responsibilities include implementing and optimizing character animation, skinning, and procedural character tools; collaborating with Tech Animators, Character Artists, Tech Artists, Rendering Engineers, and Cloud Engineers; integrating Metahuman facial animation and ethnicity-based procedural generation; and ensuring high performance and scalability.  The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in game technology, animation systems, or procedural character generation, expert-level C++ and Unreal Engine experience, and a strong understanding of character rendering and optimization.

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 <h5>&nbsp;</h5><h2 style="text-align:center;">We're making a football game</h2>&nbsp;We are developing a fair game, that is a reflection of football, rather than the football industry.&nbsp;We are creating a game that’s fun right away, driven by gameplay, and where mastery will lead to the most competitive esports scene. We want our game to be accessible from anywhere, on any platform and to anyone, without having to invest a fortune.We aim to create a global community of players, representative of the world, free of toxicity, and where playing football games is enjoyable and convivial again, whether it’s for fun or at a high competitive level.&nbsp;We want to inspire every kid that plays football or video games and help them feel like they can bring out the best in them, in a respectful and safe league.GOALS is for everyone, like football can and should be. It’s for the casuals and the pros. For the players, the managers, and the fans. For the creators and the fashionistas - whether you’re into perfecting your team's look, showing off your own style, or just admiring the creativity around you. GOALS is football.&nbsp;<a href="https://studio.playgoals.com/" target="_blank">Read more about GOALS here.</a> <h2 style="text-align:center;">Welcome to the engineering team 
</h2><figure><lite-youtube videoid="AFBHT4rH6Tk" title="Play: Video"></lite-youtube></figure>GOALS is building a cutting-edge, real-time character generation system that authentically represents the world's diverse ethnicities. Using Unreal Engine 5.5, we generate characters dynamically at runtime with a combination of joint scaling, blend shapes, and procedural materials. Our next steps include adding Metahuman facial animation and refining ethnicity-based customization.We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead this effort. This plays a critical role in shaping the technology behind our character pipeline.&nbsp;If you're passionate about procedural character generation, thrive in a highly technical and collaborative environment, and want to push the boundaries of digital representation, we’d love to hear from you.<h4> At GOALS, you will...</h4><ul>
<li>Lead the development of our runtime procedural character generation system in Unreal Engine 5.5.
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<li>Work closely with Tech Animators, Character Artists, Tech Artists, Rendering Engineers, and Cloud Engineers to develop an efficient, high-quality character pipeline.</li>
<li>Collaborate with Rendering Engineers to integrate mesh and texture generation pipelines into our real-time systems.</li>
<li>Oversee the integration of Metahuman facial animation and ethnicity-based procedural generation.</li>
<li>Take ownership of core technology areas, ensuring high performance and scalability.</li>
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5+ years of professional experience in game technology, animation systems, or procedural character generation.
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 </ul>&nbsp;&nbsp;<h4>About the Employment</h4>The position is permanent and you can work from our Stockholm office, hybrid or fully remote from anywhere in Europe. It is important that you are able to communicate unhindered in verbal/written English. For this position, we do not offer relocation assistance. In addition to opportunities for creative impact and professional growth, working at GOALS has many other benefits like&nbsp;occupational pension, 30 days PTO, flexible work hours, stock options&nbsp;and more. <a href="https://studio.playgoals.com/life" target="_blank">Learn more here.</a>&nbsp;<h4>Application</h4>For this role, we would like you to include: <ul>
<li>LinkedIn profile, CV, or any other document that showcases your experience</li>
<li>A link to your GitHub(if applicable)</li>
</ul>We strongly encourage you to apply even if you don’t feel that you tick all the boxes. You just might be exactly what we need, even if we haven’t understood it yet. GOALS is still a young company and we change quickly. But one thing that never changes is our conviction that we need a diverse studio environment, filled with different perspectives and skills.<a href="https://studio.playgoals.com/stories/recruitment-process" target="_blank">Read more about our recruitment process</a>
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