Senior Technical Animator (Game Art)

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

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

Company

hirify.global’s Sledgehammer Games is a Toronto-based video game studio known for developing titles in the Call of Duty franchise and other large-scale interactive entertainment experiences.

What you will do

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

Requirements

• Senior-level experience in game scripting, technical design, animation, or technical art.
• Professional or personal experience 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, rapid 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 and capturing or editing workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration with studio teams in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada.
• Extended health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Additional programs including supplemental life and critical illness coverage and legal services.
• Relocation assistance may be available when the company requires a geographic move for the role.