Senior 3D Animator & Rigger

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SENIOR 3D ANIMATOR & RIGGER (XSOLLA)

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🧠 Senior

💰 Negotiable

⏰ Contract

🌎 Remote

👔 Office (Serbia 🇷🇸)

🦄 Description

Xsolla is a global commerce company supporting game developers with tools and services for funding, distribution, marketing, and monetization. The company partners with studios ranging from indie teams to AAA developers and has helped more than 1,500 game creators grow their businesses worldwide.

As a Senior 3D Animator & Rigger, you will focus on creating highly realistic animal animations and technically advanced rigs for real-time projects. The role combines artistic animation skills with technical rigging expertise, including work with Unreal Engine, MetaHuman rigs, facial animation workflows, and advanced animal rig systems with muscle simulation.

🚀 Responsibilities

• Create realistic animal animations including locomotion, behaviors, and reactions

• Work with Animation Blueprints in Unreal Engine

• Set up state machines and blend spaces

• Integrate animations into gameplay together with programmers

• Work with IK, root motion, and physically accurate movement

• Optimize animations for real-time performance

• Maintain a high level of realism and visual quality

• Build and refine advanced rigs for animals and creatures

• Explore and implement MetaHuman and facial animation workflows

📚 Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in 3D animation for games, simulators, or real-time projects

• Strong proficiency with Unreal Engine UE4 or UE5

• Excellent understanding of animal anatomy and movement

• Experience with Maya, Blender, or MotionBuilder

• Strong understanding of Animation Blueprints, IK, and retargeting

• Experience with Motion Matching

• Ability to work independently and make animation decisions

• Experience with advanced rigging workflows

• Working proficiency in English Upper-Intermediate or higher

👍 Nice to Have

• Experience working on simulators or realistic projects

• Experience with motion capture including animal mocap

• Experience with Control Rig in Unreal Engine

• Experience optimizing animations for performance

• Experience working with UE5 plugins and custom solutions

• Familiarity with MetaHuman Animator and facial animation pipelines

🍪 What we offer

• Unlimited Flexible Time Off

• Personalized career roadmap

• Professional development and educational opportunities

• Supportive and collaborative environment

• Opportunity to work on innovative real-time projects

• International team and global company environment

• Focus on employee well-being and long-term growth

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