Level Home

Senior Animator

Austin · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 54 days ago

PythonC#UnityUnreal EngineCommunication

About the role

It's a difficult problem that requires brilliant people and tremendous effort over time.
You'll be instrumental in shaping the movement, emotion, and personality of our characters through performance-driven animation, facial animation, lip sync, and dialogue scenes.

Collaborate closely with the Character teams to ensure animations enhance storytelling, and emotional impact.
Implement and iterate animations in-engine (e.g., Unity or Unreal Engine), with awareness of real-time performance and technical limitations.
Level is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Animator to join our growing in-house team to support our Guide Team.

5+ years of experience as a narrative/cinematic animator, with a strong portfolio demonstrating polished, stylized acting character animation.
Proficiency in industry-standard animation tools such as Maya.
Experience integrating animations into a game engine.
Familiarity with narrative or emotionally expressive animation work.
Need to Have:
Solid understanding of animation principles (timing, weight, anticipation, etc.) and how they apply in a gameplay context.
Collaborative mindset and excellent communication skills
comfortable working across disciplines.

Prior experience on a shipped game, ideally in a small-to-mid-size studio environment.
Animation Graph or State Machine Experience
Scripting knowledge (e.g., Python, Blueprint, or Unity C#) to enhance animation systems or automate tasks.
Godot experience

Tools that fit naturally into instruction and help students stay engaged while reducing teacher workload.
For educators: Tools that fit naturally into instruction and help students stay engaged while reducing teacher workload.

Design and produce high-quality cinematic/narrative animations (character) that align with artistic vision.
Activities that help your kid catch up or get ahead, build confidence, and minimize homework battles, whether learning at school or at home.

We are committed to helping every person maximize their potential and live a life of meaning.
A significant part of this role involves procedural animation, including collaborating with engineers to define direction and ensure systems reflect the intended performances.

This listing is sourced directly from Level Home's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.