Riot Games

Senior Technical Artist, Animation - Unpublished R&D Product

Los Angeles, USA · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 9 days ago

PythonC++MayaUnreal EngineCommunication

About the role

We will be looking at your past studies, experience, and your personal relationship with games.
If you embody player empathy and care about players' experiences, this could be your role!
Our Perks: Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules.

Build and maintain complex animation state machines, layered animation systems, and override logic supporting split-body for player characters, NPCs, creatures, and props.
Collaborate with animators, character tech artists, and designers to develop efficient, believable, and tech-friendly animation flows.
Partner with engineers to build and evolve animation runtime systems and debugging workflows.
Drive optimization efforts across animation assets and graphs to meet performance and memory targets.
Collaborate with cross-discipline partners to ensure character systems scale effectively across massive multiplayer environments.
Develop scalable animation retargeting strategies to support characters and creatures of varying proportions while minimizing animation counts.
That mission drives every decision in our quest to create games and experiences that make it better to be a player.
Our goal is to create collaborative teams where you are empowered to bring your unique perspective everyday.

8+ years of professional experience as a technical animator or technical artist in games or related industries.
Deep expertise with Unreal Engine animation workflows, including complex Animation Blueprints, state machines, blend spaces, and layered animation systems.
Proven experience designing scalable, reusable animation systems for large-scope character setups, including players, NPCs, and creatures.
Experience with Unreal Control Rig and Sequencer
Familiarity with C++ and/or Python within Unreal Engine.
Experience working with software like Kawaii, Chaos, Havok.
Experience with runtime IK, or motion warping
For this role, you'll find success through craft expertise, a collaborative spirit, and decision-making that prioritizes the delight of players.
Expertise in Autodesk Maya for rigging and animation support.
Prior experience supporting MMO or large-scale games with complex character ecosystems.

Riot focuses on work/life balance, shown by our open paid time off policy and other perks such as flexible work schedules.
We offer medical, dental, and life insurance, parental leave for you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children, and a 401k with company match.
Check out our benefits pages for more information.
Define best practices for animation setup while owning the debuggability, documentation, maintainability, and long-term health of animation blueprints and graphs within Unreal Engine.

At Riot Games, we put players first.
Whether you're working directly on a new player-facing experience or you're supporting the company as a whole, everyone at Riot is part of our mission.
If that sounds like the kind of place you want to work, we're looking forward to your application.

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