Senior Technical Animator — Remote, Flexible Hours

CI Games SA; Greater London; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible core hours CET

5-month freelance contract

Cutting-edge technology

Diverse, inclusive team

Job summary

CI Games is seeking a Senior Technical Animator to lead Unreal animation pipelines, focusing on Animation Blueprints, State Machines, and Control Rig. You will build rigging and physics workflows in Maya, collaborate with engineers, and mentor junior animators.

The role includes remote, flexible hours (core 10:00–16:00 CET) and a 5-month freelance engagement, offering the chance to work with cutting-edge tech on major releases planned for 2026–2028.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in technical animation.
• Shipped at least one AA+ title in a technical animation capacity.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key contributor to Unreal animation technology and define the technical vision for character pipelines and runtime systems.
• Design and maintain complex animation systems in Unreal Engine focusing on Animation Blueprints and Control Rig.
• Integrate new characters by implementing Physics and Cloth assets and tuning their LODs.
• Research and prototype new techniques to improve animation quality and workflow efficiency.
• Create high-quality character and weapon rigs in Maya using internal rigging tools.
• Skinning high-density characters with optimal deformation.
• Modify Python-based rig definitions to meet character requirements while keeping codebase consistent.
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure performance and stability of animation systems.
• Provide technical guidance to junior and mid-level animators; translate art needs into technical solutions.
• Document best practices for the technical animation pipeline and track daily progress.

Skills

Unreal Engine

Animation Blueprints

State Machines

Control Rig

Physics assets

Cloth assets

Maya rigging

Skinning

Python scripting

Communication

Tools

Python tooling

Job description

CI Games is seeking a Senior Technical Animator to lead Unreal animation pipelines, focusing on Animation Blueprints, State Machines, and Control Rig. You will build rigging and physics workflows in Maya, collaborate with engineers, and mentor junior animators.

The role includes remote, flexible hours (core 10:00–16:00 CET) and a 5-month freelance engagement, offering the chance to work with cutting-edge tech on major releases planned for 2026–2028.