Senior Technical Animator

TL;DR

Senior Technical Animator (Unreal Engine 5): Build polished, performant animation systems for players, creatures, and gameplay features with an accent on integrating animation and art assets in Unreal Engine 5 and developing animation frameworks and animator-facing tools. Focus on shipping real-time animation, physics, procedural animation, and rigging solutions while collaborating across Animation, Art, Design, and Engineering.

Location: Remote

Company

hirify.global develops games, including Subnautica.

What you will do

• Implement, tune, and maintain Unreal Engine 5 animation systems that satisfy artistic, technical, multiplayer, and platform requirements.
• Prototype, test, and ship animation, physics, procedural animation, and rigging solutions for real-time gameplay.
• Create and maintain Animation Blueprints, Control Rigs, physics assets, animation frameworks, and animator-facing tools.
• Collaborate with Animation, Design, Art, and Engineering to ensure animation features are both visually strong and functionally robust.
• Improve animation workflows, pipelines, best practices, and documentation to support consistent production.
• Plan milestones, communicate risks/dependencies, and mentor more junior team members.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience as a Technical Animator, including at least one shipped Unreal Engine 5 title in a Technical Animator role.
• Strong Unreal Engine 5 animation systems expertise (Animation Blueprints, Blueprints, components, interfaces, and OOP/class-inheritance workflows).
• Strong understanding of state-driven and parameterized animation approaches with performance-conscious runtime implementation.
• Real-time character rigging knowledge (weighting, blend shapes, deformation joints) and workflows in tools such as Blender.
• Experience designing tools/frameworks/workflows that empower animators and streamline production.
• Strong debugging and documentation skills, with clear communication of complex animation issues and solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time remote role on a globally distributed team.
• Annual professional development and home office stipends.
• Paid time off for volunteer/non-profit work.
• Mentorship and collaboration across cross-disciplinary teams.