Cinematic Technical Animator

Location: Massachusetts, USA

Salary: $71,000–$123,000 per year at the start of employment, with potential bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a self-publishing game development studio creating narrative-driven experiences centered on immersive world building and gameplay.

What you will do

• Design extensible pipelines and tools for cinematic and narrative content.
• Develop animation blueprints, animation montages, level sequences, and blueprint scripting for gameplay and cinematics.
• Provide technical direction for character animation integration and runtime control.
• Collaborate with audio, lighting, animation, and narrative design teams to unify presentation systems.
• Optimize cinematic systems for performance, reliability, scalability, and continued creative iteration.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of development experience in the game industry with recent hands-on implementation experience.
• Strong understanding of narrative timing and pacing.
• Contribution to at least one shipped title recognized for strong narrative or mission design.
• Excellent visual scripting and/or programming, communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
• Strong investigative and debugging skills.
• Experience with task and bug-tracking software, pipelines, and Perforce or similar version control software.

Nice to have

• Passion for narrative-first-person shooters.
• Ability to work independently, respond constructively to feedback, and deliver effectively against deadlines.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on Judas, a narrative-driven first-person shooter led by Ken Levine.
• Regular employees may receive bonuses, equity awards, and medical, financial, and other benefits.
• Employment is at will, with compensation and benefit programs subject to change.
• Equal opportunity employment with a commitment to diverse perspectives and backgrounds.

Hiring process

• Applicants are asked to watch a GDC talk by Ken Levine.
• Official recruitment communication is conducted through hirify.global email addresses; interviews and offers are not made through third-party messaging apps.