3D Technical Animator (Game Development)

MIDDLE 3D TECHNICAL ANIMATOR (BLOOBER TEAM)

🕹 Horror Games
🧠 Middle
💰 Negotiable
⏰ Full-time
🌎 Remote / 👔 Office (Kraków, Poland 🇵🇱)

🦄 Description
Bloober Team is a game development studio run by gamers, known for creating memorable, horror-infused experiences. With a strong financial foundation and ambitious plans for the future, the studio focuses on collaboration, inclusivity, and giving every team member a real voice in shaping projects.

As a 3D Technical Animator, you will play a key role in building high-quality character animation systems and workflows for upcoming titles. You will work closely with animation, art, and technical teams to solve complex production challenges and help deliver immersive horror experiences powered by Unreal Engine 5.

🚀 Responsibilities
• Create high-quality character rigging and skinning
• Perform character skinning with close attention to physical deformation
• Set up and support physics simulations for cloth, hair, and other dynamic elements
• Create and maintain tools that improve animation creation and editing workflows
• Solve technical animation challenges across all stages of production
• Support animation systems from content creation through in-game implementation

📚 Required Skills
• Strong experience in rigging and skinning for characters
• Ability to create tools and scripts to improve animation pipelines
• Proficiency with Maya and Motion Builder, focused on rigging and skinning
• Python scripting experience
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine 5 art production pipelines
• Knowledge of facial rigging for games, TV, or film

👍 Nice to Have
• Good understanding of anatomy and character movement
• Experience setting up Unreal Engine locomotion systems
• Knowledge of animation blueprints, control rigs, and related systems
• Awareness of current technologies and trends in video games

🍪 What we offer
• Flexible remote and on-site work options
• Stable, financially secure studio with long-term vision
• Inclusive and collaborative team culture
• Opportunity to work on exciting, horror-focused game projects
• Real impact on production and creative direction

🌐 Vacancy link

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