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Senior Technical Gameplay Animator

USA-CA-Santa Monica💼 Full-time💰 $126,400–$126,400🗓 2026-07-09 → 2026-07-31

Core

Create high-quality animation content, implement behaviors in engine, and streamline animation pipeline processes for character-driven games.

Role type

Senior Technical Gameplay Animator

Builds

In-game animation systems and behaviors for PlayStation titles

Domain

Video game development (AAA narrative/action)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Gameplay animation, state machines, blend trees, IK solvers, mocap pipelines, keyframe animation, Python, C#, C++

Preferred skills

Mentoring team members, creating documentation, strategic development of internal technologies

Technologies

Maya, MotionBuilder, game engines

Responsibilities

Create high quality animation content supporting newly developed behaviors and systems; Work with animation leadership on defining and maintaining style and quality bar; Collaborate with teams to resolve animation implementation issues; Take ownership of challenging projects and provide innovative solutions; Contribute to strategic development of internal technologies and artistic processes; Facilitate creation and implementation of tools for complex animation systems

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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