Senior Technical Animator (Gamedev)

SENIOR TECHNICAL ANIMATOR (CI GAMES)

🕹 Action RPG
🧠 Senior
💰 Negotiable
⏰ Full-time
🌎 Remote

🦄 Description
CI Games is looking for a Senior Technical Animator to contribute to ambitious upcoming titles planned for release between 2025 and 2028. The role focuses on building and maintaining advanced animation systems, improving character pipelines, and collaborating closely with animation, engineering and technical teams. The ideal candidate combines deep Unreal Engine expertise with strong rigging knowledge and a passion for solving complex technical animation challenges.

🚀 Responsibilities
• Contribute to Unreal animation technology and help maintain the technical vision for character pipelines and runtime systems
• Design and maintain complex animation systems in Unreal Engine with focus on Animation Blueprints and Control Rig
• Integrate new characters including Physics and Cloth assets and optimize their LODs
• Research and prototype techniques to improve animation quality and team workflows
• Create high quality character and weapon rigs using internal Maya rigging tools
• Improve character pipelines by developing and maintaining Python based tools
• Collaborate with engineers to solve technical challenges and maintain animation system performance
• Provide guidance and feedback to junior and middle technical animators
• Work with the Technical Animation Lead and Director to translate artistic requirements into technical solutions
• Document technical animation pipeline practices and maintain production standards
• Track progress and support task planning within the team

📚 Required Skills
• 5+ years of experience in technical animation
• Experience shipping at least one AA or AAA title in a technical animation role
• Expert level knowledge of Unreal Engine including Animation Blueprints, State Machines and Control Rig
• Strong understanding of dynamic asset types including Physics and Cloth assets
• Proven experience with character rigging and skinning in Maya
• Strong Python programming skills for tool development
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills when working with artists and engineers

👍 Nice to Have
• Proficiency with C++
• Experience with procedural animation techniques
• Strong interest or experience in Action RPG or Soulslike games

🍪 What we offer
• Competitive compensation and annual discretionary bonus
• Benefits supporting health and wellbeing
• Opportunities for professional development
• Fully remote work with flexible schedules and core hours aligned to CET
• Work with modern technologies on ambitious game projects
• Inclusive international team environment
• Company events, access to company games and merchandise

🌐 Vacancy link

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