Staff Technical Animator

teamLFG

Staff Technical Animator at teamLFG creating animations for games with collaborative design and engineering teams. Focused on high-quality, performant animation in real-time environments.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeRemote • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $143,000 - $214,000 per yearWebsite

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Hard Skills

animation systemsUnreal Enginegame animation conceptsMaya animation pipelinesanimation principlesPython scriptingstylized animationfighting game animationLive Service game animation

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingproactive improvement

Industry Keywords

animation qualityanimation workflowsmemory budgetsanimation pipeline

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonUnreal Engine

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create high quality production animation content and implement that content in a game engine
Collaborate with Animation, Design and Engineering to implement new animation systems and ensure cross-discipline communication
Provide support for the animation team helping to resolve technical issues
Proactively search for ways to improve animation quality and workflows
Collaborate with Engineering to ensure animation is performant and within memory budgets
Collaborate with Tech Artists developing tools that support the animation pipeline

Requirements

What you’ll need

In-depth experience with animation systems in Unreal Engine
Strong understanding of game animation concepts like layering, blending, state machines, etc
Knowledge of Maya animation pipelines
A strong understanding of animation principles
Python scripting for Maya (nice to have)
Stylized animation experience (nice to have)
Fighting game animation experience (nice to have)
Live Service game animation experience (nice to have)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical
Dental
Vision
Matching 401(k)
Paid time off
Wellness program
Employee discounts for Sony products