Senior Technical Animator - Dead by Daylight | Animateur·rice Technique Sénior·e - Dead by Daylight

4 months ago

Montréal, CanadaSenior

Responsibilities

Build and maintain the animation pipeline across DCC tools and Unreal Engine, including MetaHuman ingestion, IK Retargeter setups, AnimBlueprint architecture, Control Rig modules, and facial animation workflows.
Set up procedural animation systems and in-game IK for Killer and Survivor gameplay features.
Author and maintain pipeline automation using Python and MEL, and contribute to Unreal editor tooling.
Investigate and resolve animation bugs across multiplayer gameplay systems, including replication-sensitive issues.
Profile and optimize character rigs, skeletal meshes, and animation assets to meet memory and frame-rate budgets.
Build debugging tools for animators, designers, and engineers.
Share technical knowledge and write documentation for the growing team while collaborating with animation, gameplay, engine, and programming teams.

At least 7 years of technical animation experience in the video game industry.
Strong expertise in Maya and Unreal Engine, preferably Unreal Engine 5, including AnimBlueprints, Control Rig, Physics, IK Rig, IK Retargeter, and Animation Blueprint Linking.
Hands-on MetaHuman experience covering ingestion, rigging, facial animation pipelines, and runtime integration.
Strong Python and/or MEL scripting skills for pipeline automation.
Experience shipping or supporting multiplayer games and understanding animation in networked contexts.
Strong rigging and skinning fundamentals and a solid understanding of animation principles.
Experience with Motion Matching, Pose Search, Mutable, or modular Control Rig systems is preferred.
Live-service game experience is preferred.

PythonUnreal Engine

1,001-5,000 employees