Remote Senior Technical Animator for AAA Games

Placements24; Mbombela (Nelspruit); Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Bonus potential

AAA titles

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Technical Animator for a fully remote role that supports a distributed game development studio. You will bridge artistic intent and technical execution, building robust rigs, advanced animation systems, and efficient pipelines for real-time projects.

You will work closely with animators, designers, and engineers across Unreal Engine or Unity, contributing to performance-optimized animation techniques and motion capture workflows.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years as a Technical Animator in game dev.
• Strong portfolio in rigging, animation systems, scripting and engine integration.
• Proficiency with Maya or Blender and standard rigging techniques.
• Experience with Python, Mel, or C# scripting.
• Hands-on with Unreal Engine or Unity animation systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain complex rigs for characters and objects.
• Create and optimize animation systems and tools to improve pipelines.
• Integrate animations within game engines and troubleshoot issues.
• Ensure performance, scalability, and technical compliance of animations.
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, and Mocap teams; document pipelines.
• Mentor junior team members and stay current with real-time animation tech.

Skills

Rigging expertise

Animation systems

Scripting

Engine integration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Animation / Game Development / CS

Tools

Maya

Blender

Python

Mel

C#

Unreal Engine

Unity

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Technical Animator for a fully remote role that supports a distributed game development studio. You will bridge artistic intent and technical execution, building robust rigs, advanced animation systems, and efficient pipelines for real-time projects.

You will work closely with animators, designers, and engineers across Unreal Engine or Unity, contributing to performance-optimized animation techniques and motion capture workflows.