# Senior Technical Gameplay Animator

Hiring organization: [Bend Studio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/bend-studio)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/205a57a3-15f4-4f8a-8a24-81dc53d0cd1e

Listed on Bend Studio's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Santa Monica, CA
- Salary: 126400 – 227000 USD per year

## Summary

Naughty Dog seeks an experienced gameplay animator to create and implement high-quality character animations for their upcoming projects, working closely with design and engineering teams to solve complex animation challenges. This role suits animators with strong technical skills in both digital content creation and programming who want to contribute to narrative-driven, visually sophisticated games.

_Our summary, not Bend Studio's wording._

## Skills named

Autodesk Maya, C#, C++, Python

## Required

- 5+ years of gameplay animation experience in games
- Proficiency in Python, C#, C++ or similar programming languages
- Understanding of in-game animation tools such as state machines, blend trees, and IK solvers
- Experience with mocap and keyframe animation pipelines in Maya or MotionBuilder
- Portfolio or demo reel of animation work

Apply on Bend Studio's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal/jobs/5804428004