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Senior Technical Animation Designer

San Mateo, California💼 Full-time💰 $108,900–$108,900🗓 2026-07-08 → 2026-07-31

Core

Designing, creating, and maintaining animation systems that drive gameplay motion for characters, supporting mechanics like locomotion, abilities, and procedural solutions.

Role type

Senior Technical Animation Designer

Builds

Scalable animation systems and integration for AAA game titles

Domain

Video game development (Third-person shooter)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Animation systems design, state machines, blendspaces, animation graphs, IK, Control Rig, retargeting, ragdolls, motion matching, Unreal Engine scripting (Blueprints/C++), vector math, cross-disciplinary communication

Preferred skills

AAA title shipping experience, procedural animation tools expertise, latest animation technology knowledge

Technologies

Unreal Engine, Maya, Blueprints, C++

Responsibilities

Collaborate with Animation, Engineering, and Design teams to deliver cohesive animation styles; Define goals and implement scalable solutions for animation content creation; Build and refine animation systems balancing performance and behavior; Provide technical support and mentorship to animators; Document processes and share insights to improve workflows

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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