Senior Technical Animator at Roblox
Company: Roblox
Location: San Mateo, California, United States
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: $163,940 – $200,850 / Year
About the Role
Roblox is looking for an experienced Senior Technical Animator to help shape the future of avatar animation and character systems on one of the world’s largest immersive platforms. This role combines technical expertise and artistic excellence to advance animation tools, workflows, and capabilities used by millions of creators.
You will collaborate closely with engineers, artists, and technical artists to build innovative animation systems, improve production workflows, and drive the development of next-generation avatar experiences.
Job Overview
As a Senior Technical Animator, you will contribute to the design and development of movement systems, rigging solutions, and animation technologies that power the Roblox platform. You will serve as a subject matter expert on animation pipelines and help define best practices for creators and internal teams.
This position requires strong technical animation knowledge, experience with real-time engines, and the ability to bridge artistic vision with engineering implementation.
Key Responsibilities
- Animation Systems Development: Partner with engineers to prototype and improve character movement, rigging systems, and animation technologies.
- Technical Expertise: Serve as an animation subject matter expert, helping shape scalable and user-focused animation workflows.
- Workflow Optimization: Evaluate existing production processes and recommend improvements based on industry best practices.
- Quality Assurance: Review outsourced animation assets and ensure they meet quality and technical standards.
- Creator Support: Collaborate with community and documentation teams to develop tutorials, examples, and educational resources.
- External Collaboration: Work with creators and partners to share best practices and identify opportunities for platform enhancements.
- Avatar Innovation: Contribute to the development of high-quality avatars, clothing systems, hair solutions, and character customization technologies.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Graphics, Animation, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the gaming industry across multiple platforms.
- Strong expertise in Maya, Blender, real-time engines, and animation production workflows.
- Advanced understanding of rigging, skin weighting, morph targets, deformation systems, and cloth simulation.
- Experience with runtime animation systems and character controller technologies.
- Knowledge of scripting languages and node-based systems such as Unreal Blueprints is highly desirable.
- Excellent collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Animation, Computer Graphics, Game Development, Computer Science, or a related discipline preferred.
- Equivalent professional experience in technical animation may be considered.
- Additional training in character rigging, simulation systems, or real-time technologies is beneficial.
Benefits
- Competitive salary package with equity compensation opportunities.
- Comprehensive healthcare and employee benefits.
- Opportunity to work on industry-leading avatar and animation technologies.
- Collaborative environment with engineers, artists, and technical innovators.
- Career growth opportunities within a global technology and gaming company.
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