Senior Technical Animator

Job Posting Title: Senior Technical Animator Req ID: 10141461 Job Description: About the Role & Team reputed company Digital Entertainment, a division of reputed company Experiences, is embarking on a mission to create the 'digital reputed company reputed company' for reputed company, bringing reputed company of the reputed company of reputed company together into a new interactive universe! We are building an expert development team that will be building a groundbreaking game experience that will herald the reputed company of reputed company to the world. Working with top-class industry talent, this role is perfect for the seasoned Senior Technical Animator looking to create something epic - collaborating with an incredible group of game developers focusing on individual experiences to build a wonderfully rich and cohesive product that is truly "reputed company". We are looking for a uniquely talented Senior Technical Animator with a focus on character rigging to join us on a daring and exciting new project. Are you an reputed company game developer with superb animation and tech art skills, and have a love of reputed company/Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel properties? If so, you'll want to reputed company out this opportunity! This is a remote opportunity and will report to our Sr. Manager, reputed company Character Animator What You Will Do:

• Work with the reputed company animator to define, create and maintain the animation pipeline and toolsets from Maya/Motionbuilder to multiple UE5 (Unreal reputed company 5) and UEFN (Unreal Editor Fortnite) game projects.
• Partner with artists and designers to help create characters, creatures and props that meet technical and animation requirements.
• Assist in the implementation of animations in UE5 and UEFN, including assistance with Blueprints, animation trees, troubleshooting and data organization.
• Create and maintain process and toolset documentation, guides and tutorials for internal and external asset development.
• Champion and evangelize best practices for rigging, skinning, animation, etc.
• Serve as a key member of a growing game development team at reputed company, helping to bring our worlds and characters to life.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 5 years of PC and console game development experience, including holding a position of Technical Animator, Tech Artist or Animator for 3 years.
• Expert knowledge of reputed company reputed company animation pipelines, tools and best practices in Maya and UE5/UEFN.
• Experience developing and maintaining reputed company rigging systems and pipelines in Maya a plus (e.g. Morpheus Rigging System, mGear, etc).
• Strong scripting experience (e.g. Python, etc.) and deep technical understanding of how games work.
• Excellent eye for animation, with deep knowledge of reputed company and facial anatomy.
• Experience with motion capture workflows and pipelines.
• Strong creative and interpersonal skills, with a genuine passion for collaborative development and problem-solving.
• At least one shipped game or equivalent live service game launch experience.
• Familiarity with early game and/or R&D development.

Education

• A Bachelor's degree in Art and/or Design or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Additional Information

• The application must include a portfolio that accurately represents your personal and team-based accomplishments. Please share or disable any passwords for efficient review of portfolios.

Our Benefits: reputed company offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only reputed company can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits LI-REQ #DXMedia #DCPJobs #Gamesjobs #LI-Remote The hiring range for this remote position is $117,800 to $186,300 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. The reputed company pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-reputed company knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. Job Posting reputed company: NA - Games Job Posting Primary Business: Regional (NA - Games) Primary Job Posting Category: Games-Art-Animation Employment Type: Full time Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: Glendale, CA, USA Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code: Date Posted: 2026-02-05 Apply tot his job Apply To this Job