Senior Animation Engineer

About the role

This senior technical position focuses on building and optimizing the systems, tools, and technology behind high‑quality character animation for a major Unity3D game project. You will work at the intersection of animation, technical art, and engineering, translating creative requirements into scalable solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and optimize Unity animation runtime systems, including state machines, blend trees, layers, masks, root motion, events, and compression.
• Design data‑oriented animation solutions using ECS/DOTS, Jobs, Burst, and baking workflows.
• Research and implement advanced technologies such as GPU skinning, compute/vertex shaders, and deformation techniques.
• Create Unity Editor tools, validators, asset processors, and production utilities to improve animator efficiency.
• Profile and optimise animation performance on mobile GPUs (Adreno, Mali) and collaborate with animators, technical artists, gameplay and rendering engineers.

Required profile

• Strong professional experience with C# and Unity engineering.
• Hands‑on experience with ECS/DOTS or equivalent data‑oriented engine architecture.
• Deep understanding of animation runtimes, rigs, skeletons, skinning, and FBX pipelines (Maya/Blender).
• Proven ability to research, prototype, and ship robust production‑ready features.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English.

Required skills

• C#
• Unity Engine
• ECS/DOTS (Entities, Jobs, Burst)
• GPU skinning and deformation
• Shader development (HLSL, Shader Graph, Amplify)
• Maya or Blender pipelines
• Unity Editor tooling
• Mobile performance profiling (Adreno, Mali, GLES, Vulkan)

What we offer

• Technical ownership over animation technology on a major Unity3D game.
• Collaboration with experienced animators, technical artists, and engineers.
• Fully remote work with flexible contract options.
• Competitive compensation based on experience.
• Annual team retreats and potential for long‑term collaboration.