Senior Technical Animator - Sledgehammer Games (Game Development)

Location: Hybrid position based in the Toronto Studio, Canada; permanent remote work is not available.

Annual base pay: CAD 130,140–171,960, with potential discretionary incentive compensation.

Company

hirify.global's Sledgehammer Games is a video game development studio known for the Call of Duty franchise and high-quality multiplayer and single-player experiences.

What you will do

• Work with established game engines, animation systems, and digital creation tools.
• Implement game scripting and cinematic scenes.
• Provide technical design and narrative scene support.
• Create animation prop rigs and support 3D content production.
• Collaborate with designers, animators, technical animators, and other multidisciplinary teams.
• Support content creators through rapid prototyping, troubleshooting, and iteration.

Requirements

• Experience in game scripting, technical design, animation, or technical art.
• Professional or personal experience with real-time game engines and an 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

• Degree in technical animation or technical art.
• 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, capture, and editing.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment with multidisciplinary studio teams.
• Opportunity to work on major interactive entertainment franchises.
• Extended health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Additional benefits may include supplemental life and critical illness coverage and legal services.
• Relocation assistance may be available if the company requires a geographic move for the role.