Senior Technical Animator (Unreal Engine)

Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada; other location: Novato, California.

Company

hirify.global's Cloud Chamber develops immersive BioShock games and AAA interactive experiences.

What you will do

• Implement and configure animation assets and systems in Unreal Engine 5.
• Author, maintain, and optimize Animation Blueprints and runtime procedural systems, including cloth, IK, and secondary dynamics.
• Tune and troubleshoot Motion Matching and advanced locomotion systems.
• Optimize animation assets, runtime systems, and editor frameworks for performance and memory efficiency.
• Diagnose technical animation issues across Maya and the game engine.
• Collaborate across animation, engineering, design, art, and audio; document pipelines and mentor team members.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional technical animation experience in video game development, including at least one shipped AAA title.
• Deep practical knowledge of UE5 animation toolsets, including Animation Blueprints, Control Rigs, Montages, Notifies, and the Rewind Debugger.
• Thorough understanding of Motion Matching, Motion Warping, Control Rigs, Full-Body IK, Retargeting, Ragdoll, and Cloth.
• Strong understanding of human anatomy, kinesiology, skeletal mechanics, deformation rigs, and realistic performance.
• Clear understanding of traditional animation principles and their application to real-time gameplay.
• Strong written and verbal communication, cross-disciplinary collaboration, ownership, organization, and ability to work under pressure and changing priorities.
• For candidates located in Quebec: professional proficiency in both French and English is required, including English for collaboration with U.S. teams and international partners and for specialized technical documentation.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative development across design, art, engineering, animation, and audio teams.
• Culture centered on openness, learning through play, ownership, continuous improvement, and high standards.
• Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities during hiring and employment.

Hiring process

• hirify.global and its studios do not use instant messaging apps or personal email accounts for candidate contact or interviews; official email communication uses hirify.global.com accounts.