Sr. Technical Animator
Remote @Azra Games posted 2 weeks ago in 3D Artist , in Game DesignerJob Detail
- Job ID 226947
- Working Hours Full-time
- Annual Salary ($USD) $100-149k
Job Description
Description
Azra Games is looking for a Senior Technical Animator to play a crucial role in elevating gameplay and storytelling through the use of character movement. Join us in our drive to push quality to the next level for a AAA collectibles & combat open world RPG based on an original IP, built in the Unity game engine.
We are both gamers and crypto natives. Founded by virtuoso game designer Mark Otero, best known for Electronic Arts’ top grossing Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, serial-preneur Sonny Mayugba (COO) and crypto degen Travis Boudreaux (CTO), Azra Games is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and NFX.
Responsibilities:
As a Senior Technical Animator you will be responsible for creating prototypes, driving the development of the animation and rigging pipelines, defining and communicating best practices and tools for animation technology.
- You will be responsible for helping to develop our technical animation tools and character pipeline from the ground up.
- Work directly with relevant contributors and department heads in order to develop our runtime tools for the character pipeline in the Unity Engine, and build Maya pipelines to support them.
- Pioneer and develop solutions for character and animation workflows across the project.
- Partner with Engineering and Tech Art to implement character systems that are robust, performant, and scalable.
- Collaborate with Design and other disciplines to build functional prototypes in-engine, which you’ll eventually develop into shippable systems.
- Work with Tech Anim, Animation, and Character Art Leads on developing a facial animation pipeline.
- Provide troubleshooting support to the relevant Art and Animation Teams, mainly for Tech Anim tools in Unity and Maya.
- Provide feedback to external partners and help ensure their work meets our quality bar and performance standards.
Requirements
- Expert knowledge of character rigging (body and facial), performance capture processes and data manipulation, in-game animation systems and methodologies
- High level of expertise with at least two of the leading 3D applications (Maya, 3DSMax, MotionBuilder, Softimage, Houdini)
- Scripting skills with leading 3D applications (Maya, 3DSMax, MotionBuilder) MEL, Python & JavaScript
- Experience creating applications and tools with C# or C++ is a bonus
- Understanding of modeling, texturing, lighting, animation, dynamics and particle systems
- Experience creating state machines and setting up gameplay logic
- Understanding of animation concepts such as layering, blending, motion matching
- Able to collaborate with external teams
Benefits
The perks of working at Azra:
- Competitive salary, equity & token packages
- Platinum healthcare plan for you and your family 💯 paid for by Azra Games. Including health, vision, and dental!
- Parental leave
- Unlimited paid time off
- Work that fits your lifestyle – Work from our studio office in Sacramento, CA, and/or hybrid, and anything in between.
- Occasional catered lunches and dinners
- Office social events including happy hours, parties, and community service projects.
- A generous technology budget to provide the best gear you need to be your most productive and happy self.
- A packed snack room and loaded fridge
- Dedicated Game Room for “Market Research” 😏
- An authentic office environment where you get to be YOU
Azra Games is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Azra Games is an inclusive workplace where everyone is welcome and employee differences are celebrated.
Base Salary Range: $100,163 – $155,254. The final salary offered for this position may take into account a number of factors including, but not limited to, location, skills, education, and experience.