Senior Technical Animator — Unreal Engine (Remote)

Jobgether; Schweiz; Remote; CHF 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Competitive compensation

Project-based engagement

Technical ownership

Long-term collaboration

Professional development

Job summary

Jobgether, on behalf of a partner company, seeks a Senior Technical Animator (Unreal Engine) for a fully remote, project-based role based in Switzerland. You will own complex animation systems and pipelines, bridging Maya/Blender and Unreal Engine while collaborating with artists and engineers across an international team.

The role emphasizes technical ownership, robust rigging, real-time animation, and scalable workflows to deliver high-quality real-time characters for an unannounced game

Qualifications

• 6+ years in game animation or technical animation.
• Proven contributions to commercial game productions.
• Strong hands-on experience with Unreal Engine 5 and real-time animation systems.
• Excellent rigging, skinning, and deformation skills.
• Fluency in English; ability to communicate across distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and optimize character rigs for diverse characters.
• Develop robust rigging, skinning, and deformation solutions for real-time gameplay.
• Ensure rigs are efficient, scalable, and production‑ready.
• Collaborate with animators and programmers to improve animation workflows and integration.
• Implement animation systems in Unreal Engine: Animation Blueprints, State Machines, Blend Spaces, Motion Matching.
• Diagnose and resolve animation integration issues and optimize performance.
• Build tools and pipelines connecting Maya/Blender to Unreal Engine.

Skills

Unreal Engine 5

Rigging & deformation

Character animation pipelines

Animation Blueprints/State Machines

Python/MEL/pipeline tooling

Tools

Maya

Blender

Unreal Editor/Tools

Job description

Jobgether, on behalf of a partner company, seeks a Senior Technical Animator (Unreal Engine) for a fully remote, project-based role based in Switzerland. You will own complex animation systems and pipelines, bridging Maya/Blender and Unreal Engine while collaborating with artists and engineers across an international team.

The role emphasizes technical ownership, robust rigging, real-time animation, and scalable workflows to deliver high-quality real-time characters for an unannounced game