Senior Technical Animator — Real-Time Pipeline Lead

Placements24; Benoni; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Technical Animator for a cutting-edge entertainment technology company based in Benoni, Gauteng. You will bridge art and technology, designing animation systems, tools, and workflows to deliver visually stunning assets that run in real time.

You will collaborate with animators, riggers and engineers, apply animation principles and character rigging, and script in Python to integrate with game engines.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of animation principles and timing.
• Experience with character rigging and skinning.
• Proficiency in Python scripting and game engine integration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement animation systems, tools and workflows.
• Collaborate with animators, riggers, and engineers to improve pipelines.
• Optimize assets for real-time performance across platforms.
• Drive technical direction of the animation pipeline.

Skills

Animation principles

Character rigging

Python scripting

Game engine integration

Pipeline optimization

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Technical Animator for a cutting-edge entertainment technology company based in Benoni, Gauteng. You will bridge art and technology, designing animation systems, tools, and workflows to deliver visually stunning assets that run in real time.

You will collaborate with animators, riggers and engineers, apply animation principles and character rigging, and script in Python to integrate with game engines.