Full-Time Lead Technical Animator
People Can Fly is hiring a remote Full-Time Lead Technical Animator. The career level for this job opening is Manager and is accepting Montreal, Canada based applicants remotely. Read complete job description before applying.
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Job Title
Lead Technical Animator
Posted
Career Level
Full-Time
Career Level
Manager
Locations Accepted
Montreal, Canada
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Job Details
Main Goal: Develop and maintain rigging, pipelines, and processes for the animation team.
Duties:
- Assign, delegate, and support team members.
- Provide constructive feedback and ensure continuous improvement.
- Evaluate direct reports' performance and support career development.
- Foster an engaging team atmosphere and promote work-life balance.
- Collaborate with other leads, directors, and departments.
- Implement director's vision.
- Define quality standards for technical animation.
- Build custom pipeline tools and improve existing ones.
- Implement characters in Unreal Engine, including physics setups.
- Provide R&D, improve pipelines, and conduct post-mortems.
- Help tackle technical bug fixes.
- Conduct recruitment with HR.
- Onboard new hires.
Must-Have Qualifications:
- Strong mentoring and leadership skills.
- Familiarity with Unreal Engine art production pipelines.
- Expert knowledge of Maya (rigging/skinning).
- Expert understanding of anatomy and character movement.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Experience with physics simulation.
- Experience with animation run-time systems.
- Knowledge of current and future technology trends in video games.
- Knowledge of facial rigs.
- Proficiency with Atlassian software (JIRA, Confluence).
- Good Python programming skills.
Software: Maya, Unreal Engine, MotionBuilder, Houdini, Blender.
Experience: Typically 8+ years, including leadership experience and 2+ years of management.
Nice to Have:
- Modeling and animation experience.
- Familiarity with C++ programming.
Benefits:
- 100% paid benefit package.
- Full dental coverage.
- 4% RRSP matching.
- Paid week off during Winter Holidays.
- 20 paid vacation days and 5 paid sick days.
- Free virtual health and mental well-being sessions.
- Personal development opportunities.
- Creative team environment.
FAQs
What is the last date for applying to the job?
The deadline to apply for Full-Time Lead Technical Animator at People Can Fly is
16th of November 2025
. We consider jobs older than one month to have expired.
Which countries are accepted for this remote job?
This job accepts [
Montreal, Canada
] applicants. .
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