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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People Can Fly

Job Title

Lead Technical Animator

Posted

Career Level

Full-Time

Career Level

Manager

Locations Accepted

Montreal, Canada

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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