Senior Technical Game Animator

Senior Technical Game Animator | Unreal Engine & C++ | EU Remote working | €70k-95k + excellent bonuses and profit share

• Fully remote working within the EU

We're partnering with an ambitious independent game studio developing a next-generation, ultra-realistic multiplayer first-person shooter in Unreal Engine 5.

This is an opportunity to join a small, highly experienced development team where you'll take ownership of the game's technical animation systems from an early stage. Rather than joining a large production pipeline, you'll play a key role in defining how animation is built, implemented and refined across an entirely new multiplayer IP.

If you're passionate about technical animation, enjoy solving complex implementation challenges and want genuine influence over the quality of a new project, we'd like to hear from you.

The Role

You'll be responsible for building and refining animation systems that deliver responsive, high-quality gameplay. Working closely with programmers, designers and artists, you'll help shape the studio's animation pipeline while remaining hands-on with implementation across Unreal Engine 5.

This role would suit someone already working as a Senior, Lead or Principal Technical Animator, Animation Programmer, or an experienced Gameplay Animator with strong technical expertise looking to take on greater ownership.

We're looking for experience in:

• 6+ years' professional animation experience within the games industry
• Strong Unreal Engine 5 technical animation experience
• Animation Blueprints, layered animation systems and state machines
• Control Rig and technical animation workflows
• Strong first-person and third-person keyframe animation
• Character rigging, skinning and animation implementation
• Multiplayer and networked gameplay animation
• Motion capture integration (highly desirable)
• C++ knowledge within Unreal Engine (a significant advantage)
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently

You'll thrive in this role if you:

• Enjoy taking ownership of animation systems rather than simply producing assets
• Like working in a small, senior team with exceptionally high standards
• Want to help define technical pipelines and best practices
• Are passionate about creating realistic, responsive gameplay experiences

What's on offer

• Fully remote working (or hybrid if based near Stockholm)
• Opportunity to shape the animation systems of a brand-new multiplayer FPS
• Small, experienced team with significant technical ownership
• Performance-based profit-sharing scheme with significant long-term earning potential
• Stable, self-funded studio with ambitious long-term plans

If you're looking for a role where your technical expertise will have a direct impact on the quality and feel of a major new multiplayer title, we'd be pleased to discuss the opportunity in confidence.