Senior Technical Animator — Remote, Flexible Hours

Yellow Brick Games; Quebec; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedule

Remote/hybrid arrangements

Unlimited vacation policy

Group insurance

Job summary

Yellow Brick Games is seeking a Senior Technical Animator to own the design, implementation, and evolution of animation systems in Unreal Engine. You will bridge Animation, Design, and Programming to turn ideas into responsive gameplay experiences while keeping the pipeline scalable.

You will mentor the animation team, optimize tools and workflows, and collaborate with designers and engineers to ensure high-quality, performant character animation across titles.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Gameplay Animation or technical roles within game development.
• Strong understanding of how animation contributes to player experience and game feel.
• Professional experience implementing gameplay animation systems in Unreal Engine.
• Strong knowledge of Animation Blueprints, State Machines, Blend Spaces, Animation Montages, and animation graphs.
• Experience with Maya and/or MotionBuilder and animation pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Own the implementation and long-term maintenance of gameplay animation systems in Unreal Engine.
• Design, build, and iterate on Animation Blueprints, State Machines, Blend Spaces, Animation Montages, and other runtime animation solutions.
• Collaborate with Designers to ensure animation systems support gameplay intentions and overall game feel.
• Work with Animators to translate direction into scalable technical implementations while maintaining quality.
• Integrate new features with Programmers and resolve animation-related challenges.
• Develop reusable animation frameworks, tools, and workflows to improve efficiency.
• Identify bottlenecks in the animation pipeline and drive improvements.
• Troubleshoot animation and runtime issues balancing quality and performance.
• Document systems and workflows, mentoring the team to boost technical proficiency.
• Push for state-of-the-art animation quality within performance constraints.

Skills

Gameplay Animation

Technical Animation

Unreal Engine

Animation Blueprints

State Machines

Blend Spaces

Animation Montages

Maya

MotionBuilder

Python

Tools

Unreal Engine

Maya

MotionBuilder

Python

C++

Job description

Yellow Brick Games is seeking a Senior Technical Animator to own the design, implementation, and evolution of animation systems in Unreal Engine. You will bridge Animation, Design, and Programming to turn ideas into responsive gameplay experiences while keeping the pipeline scalable.

You will mentor the animation team, optimize tools and workflows, and collaborate with designers and engineers to ensure high-quality, performant character animation across titles.