Lead Animation Technical Artist

Location: Onsite in Bothell, Irvine, Mountain View, or Vancouver

Company

hirify.global develops high-quality multiplayer games, including realistic competitive shooting experiences.

What you will do

• Lead technical R&D and quality improvements for the runtime animation system of a dual-perspective shooting game.
• Design, validate, and implement solutions for aiming, weapon handling, procedural animation, animation graphs, and state orchestration.
• Identify and resolve animation quality issues across assets, engine, gameplay, and runtime from first-person and third-person perspectives.
• Establish animation technical specifications, review standards, diagnostic methods, and acceptance mechanisms.
• Collaborate with animation, programming, and game design teams to turn technical solutions into executable development plans.
• Lead and mentor the animation TA team through matrix management, technical direction, and capability building.

Requirements

• Many years of experience in game animation and animation technical art R&D, preferably on high-quality realistic PvP shooter products.
• Deep understanding of shooting-game feel and runtime performance, with the ability to own core-system design, R&D, and delivery.
• Experience across the complete game-development pipeline, from problem identification and technical validation through cross-team execution and live-operation evaluation.
• Ability to define technical standards, break down R&D tasks, mentor animation TAs, and lead delivery-focused capability upgrades.
• Experience with runtime animation architecture in at least one mainstream or proprietary engine, plus DCC tools, scripting, and toolchains.
• Experience with high-quality action games, international collaboration, or balancing quality, performance, and maintainability in complex multiplayer scenarios.

Nice to have

• Runtime animation experience on Call of Duty PvP or an equivalent high-level shooting project.
• Experience with multiple game engines.
• Experience using AI or agents for animation data processing, tool automation, problem analysis, or workflow improvements.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional collaboration across animation, programming, and game design.
• Technical ownership of animation direction and standards.
• Opportunity to mentor a technical art team and improve its independent problem-solving capabilities.
• Equal opportunity employment and reasonable accommodation support during the application process.