Technical Animator

Overview

Gameloft Bucharest is looking for a skilled and motivated Technical Animator to bridge the gap between art and engineering on an unannounced PC/console title developed in Unreal Engine 5. You’ll play a key role in bringing characters and worlds to life by building animation systems, creating tools for content creators, and ensuring seamless integration of animation assets into the engine.

This role is ideal for someone who combines advanced technical skills with solid animation skills, able to contribute both to pipeline development and practical in-game animation work when needed. You’ll work closely with animators, riggers, designers, and programmers to define workflows, solve technical challenges, and maintain animation quality across the project.

Your main challenges will include:

• Build and maintain high-quality animation blueprints, state machines, and control rigs in Unreal Engine 5
• Work in Autodesk Maya to rig, skin, and simulate characters and assets for in-game use
• Collaborate with animators to prototype and implement new animation features and systems
• Create in-game animations (keyframe or mocap cleanup) to support gameplay, prototyping, or fill animation gaps
• Develop and maintain animation tools and scripts (e.g., Python, MEL) to improve animator workflows and automate repetitive tasks
• Support real-time animation systems including IK/FK setups, retargeting, and blendspace configuration
• Optimize animation assets for performance without sacrificing visual quality
• Partner with design and engineering to ensure animations are responsive, aligned with gameplay, and performant in runtime
• Debug animation-related issues across the engine and DCC pipeline
• Document tools, workflows, and best practices for internal teams

Qualifications:

• Extensive experience as a Technical Animator, Rigging Artist, or similar role in game development
• Proficient in Maya, including rigging, skinning, and scripting
• Practical experience with Unreal Engine 5, especially Control Rig, Sequencer, and Animation Blueprints
• Solid animation skills, including keyframe fundamentals (pose, timing, mechanics) and mocap cleanup
• Experience writing scripts and automating rigging processes
• Proficient understanding of animation pipelines, runtime constraints, and optimization
• Effective communication skills that emphasize teamwork and a problem-solving mindset
• Ability to work closely with both technical and creative disciplines

Nice to have

• Experience with procedural animation, physics-based rigs, or motion matching systems
• Experience working in multiplayer or networked game environments
• Knowledge of other tools like 3D Max, Blender

What Gameloft Bucharest can offer you?

• We offer full support for the relocation process (relocation package, help with all the administrative steps etc.)
• Short Friday schedule, so you can start your Weekend at 4pm!
• Hybrid work (2 days /week from the office)
• Medical insurance package, in partnership with Regina Maria Clinic
• 2 months/year of full remote to work from anywhere you want!
• Monthly budget for My Benefits platform
• Extra days off for your birthday, your children`s birthday and company’s anniversary. Everyone is celebrated!
• Flexibility around core studio hours
• Book your free massage @office, every Tuesday and Thursday!
• Unique creative and professional work culture that embraces diversity
• Supportive working climate, a team with a free communication style
• Bookster (borrow books for free, delivered in the office)
• All the usual perks: free coffee, free fruits, relaxation area

Why join Gameloft?

• We are a game development studio in the greenest part of Bucharest
• We have diverse backgrounds and we all love to work on our own games and ideas
• You would work in an agile team where everybody’s inputs are valued
• You will be using robust systems that serve millions of players
• Exercising your creativity when solving tasks is much appreciated
• We don't have many meetings :D

Please apply with your English or Romanian CV and your portfolio.

At Gameloft, we believe in diversity, so no applicant will be discriminated against based on criteria such as gender, age, gender identity, religion, nationality, etc.

We can’t wait to find our next great talent!

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