Senior Technical Animator

Location: Toronto, Canada; hybrid position based in the Toronto Studio with a combination of in-studio and remote workdays. Permanent remote work is not available.

Salary: CAD 130,140–171,960 annual base pay.

Company

hirify.global is a worldwide developer, publisher, and distributor of interactive entertainment, with Sledgehammer Games developing titles including the Call of Duty franchise.

What you will do

• Work with established game engines, animation systems, and digital creation tools.
• Implement game scripting and cinematic scenes for major game projects.
• Provide technical design, narrative scene support, and animation prop rig creation.
• Collaborate with designers, animators, technical animators, and multidisciplinary development teams.
• Support content creators through rapid, effective troubleshooting and iteration.

Requirements

• Professional or personal experience with game scripting, technical design, animation, or technical art.
• Experience working with real-time game engines and a good understanding of proprietary engines and related tools.
• Strong artistic skills and working knowledge of 3D art production.
• Working knowledge of Python tool and pipeline development.
• Effective communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Flexibility with prototyping, quick iteration, and continuous learning.

Nice to have

• Technical animation or technical art degree.
• Experience building skeletons, skinning, and rigging in Maya.
• Knowledge of real-time physics, ragdolls, pre-baked simulation, or shader creation.
• Experience with in-game cinematics, capturing, and editing.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment with multidisciplinary teams across studio locations in Canada, the United States, the U.K., and Australia.
• Extended health coverage including medical, dental, and vision care.
• Supplemental life and critical illness coverage, legal services, and other benefit programs.
• Relocation assistance may be available if geographic relocation is required for the job.
• Discretionary incentive compensation may be available in addition to base pay but is not guaranteed.