Senior Technical Animator

Job overview

The Senior Technical Animator role is remote within the company’s stated operating locations of Nevada and Texas; candidates must be willing to work from or relocate to one of those locations. The art team is expected to be available from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Pacific time, and relocation assistance is available. Compensation is not specified. SpinPlay Games places this role at the intersection of art, design, and engineering for game development. The animator builds and maintains production-ready animation assets and workflows, helping teams implement game features accurately and efficiently. The role combines technical rigging and optimization with cross-functional handoffs and reviews to support polished player experiences.

What you'll do

• Build, rig, and maintain Spine animation files
• create animator-ready files with clean skeletons, skins, constraints, and reusable setups
• optimize animations
• manage assets and technical workflows
• coordinate handoffs between art and engineering
• review design documentation and resolve unclear requirements with designers and developers
• conduct technical reviews before export
• improve animation workflows.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior technical animator

2d animation

spine

rigging

animation pipelines

game development

art and engineering

remote team

nevada or texas

9 am–3 pm pacific

relocation assistance

spinplay games

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Relocation assistance is available.

Why this role

The team is fully remote, but candidates must work from or relocate to Nevada or Texas; relocation assistance is available. The art team’s availability window is 9:00 AM–3:00 PM Pacific.

About the employer

Spinplay Games is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries. Sector: 71.