Senior Animation Technical Artist (Game Development)

Location: Singapore

Company

hirify.global is developing a high-quality dual-perspective competitive shooting game.

What you will do

• Drive technical R&D and quality improvements for the runtime animation system, including character movement, aiming, weapon handling, combat states, and shooting feel.
• Design, validate, and implement solutions for procedural animation, animation graphs, state orchestration, aiming, and weapon handling.
• Diagnose and resolve animation quality issues across assets, engine, gameplay, and runtime from both first-person and third-person perspectives.
• Define animation technical specifications, review standards, diagnostic methods, and effect-acceptance mechanisms.
• Collaborate with animation, programming, and game design teams to turn technical solutions into executable development plans.
• Lead and mentor the animation technical art team through matrix management, technical direction, and capability development.

Requirements

• Many years of experience in game animation and animation technical art R&D, preferably on high-quality realistic PvP shooter products.
• Deep understanding of runtime animation, shooting-game feel, and performance in dual-perspective games.
• Ability to independently own the design, R&D, and delivery of core systems such as aiming, weapon handling, procedural animation, animation graphs, or state orchestration.
• Experience across the complete game development pipeline, from problem identification and technical validation through cross-team execution and live-operation evaluation.
• Experience setting technical standards, breaking down R&D tasks, mentoring animation technical artists, and leading delivery-focused capability improvements.
• Familiarity with runtime animation architecture in at least one mainstream or proprietary game engine, plus the ability to use DCC tools, scripting, and toolchains.

Nice to have

• Experience with Call of Duty PvP or an equivalent high-level shooting project.
• Experience with multiple game engines.
• Background in high-quality action games or international project collaboration.
• Ability to balance quality, performance, and maintainability in multi-character, multi-state, high-concurrency multiplayer scenarios.
• Experience using AI or agents for animation data processing, tool automation, problem analysis, or workflow improvements.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional collaboration with animation, programming, and game design disciplines.
• Technical ownership over animation direction, standards, and solution acceptance.
• Opportunity to develop team capabilities while prioritizing project delivery.