Technical Animator

Overview

Gameloft Bucharest is looking for a skilled and proactive Technical Animator to bridge the gap between art and engineering on an unannounced PC/console title developed in Unreal Engine 5. Youll 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 strong technical expertise with solid animation skills able to contribute both to pipeline development and hands-on in-game animation work when needed. Youll 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 :

Qualifications:

• Proven experience as a Technical Animator Rigging Artist or similar role in game development
• Strong expertise in Maya including rigging skinning and scripting
• Hands-on 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
• Strong understanding of animation pipelines runtime constraints and optimization
• Excellent communication skills with a collaborative solution-oriented 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 childrens birthday and companys 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

Additional Information :

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 everybodys inputs are valued
• You will be using robust systems that serve millions of players
• Exercising your creativity when solving tasks is much appreciated
• We dont have many meetings :D

You can apply with your English or Romanian CV. 

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 cant wait to find our next great talent!

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time