About this opportunity
Opportunity Overview
Tencent is hiring a Principal Technical Animator to lead the architecture design of animation state machines, animation trees, and animation pipelines, as well as mentor team members and drive technical alignment across disciplines. This role involves working on AAA projects, driving the adoption of cutting-edge animation technologies, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality animations. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in the game industry and technical animation, particularly with AAA projects. The job requires a strong technical expert who can provide clear technical roadmaps, drive technical decisions, and effectively persuade cross-functional teams. Tencent values diversity and fosters an environment where every employee feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals. The role is based in the game industry, where the candidate will be working with cutting-edge animation technologies and ensuring the delivery of high-quality animations.
Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture design of animation state machines, animation trees, and animation pipelines
- Establish technical specifications and best practices
- Provide clear technical roadmaps for the team
- Drive the adoption and production deployment of cutting-edge animation technologies
- Build animation quality review mechanisms and evaluation systems
- Systematically ensure and elevate the ceiling of in-game animation quality
- Mentor and develop team members
- Drive technical alignment and effective collaboration across disciplines
- Lead the engine integration of complex animation systems
- Solve end-to-end technical challenges from DCC toolchains to runtime
- Ensure the delivery of highest-quality animations
- Stay current with cutting-edge technology trends and evaluate the feasibility of new technologies
Requirements & Qualifications
- 8+ years of game industry experience
- 5+ years of technical animation experience on AAA projects
- Proven track record of leading complete animation system architecture design
- Proficient with animation DCC software such as Maya
- Capable of producing top-tier quality animations independently
- Deep understanding of animation principles
- Expert in animation state machine and animation tree architecture design and performance optimization
- Hands-on experience with large-scale state machine optimization
- Deep understanding of game engine (Unreal Engine) animation system internals, performance bottlenecks, and resolution strategies
- Excellent technical communication and influence
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