Senior Animator at Wildlife

Department: Game Development Hub

Language

Setup: Hybrid
Location: São Paulo, São Paulo
Level: senior
Posted: May 20, 2026

Description

Wildlife is hiring a Senior Animator to create and refine 2D and 3D game animations across established productions, new projects, and prototypes. The role involves crafting stylized and realistic motion, collaborating with art, design, audio, and engineering teams, establishing and improving animation pipelines, defining rigging and runtime systems, and exploring AI tools for animation production. Candidates need senior game-animation experience, strong 2D and 3D animation fundamentals, Unity and Spine expertise, pipeline knowledge, mobile-game awareness, and an online portfolio.

Required Skills

Spine animation
Unity animation
Pipeline development
Rigging
Animation principles
AI tooling

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Senior Animator experience in the games industry
2D skeletal animation in Spine and Unity's native animation tools
3D animation integrated into Unity
Unity experience
Animation pipeline development and animation trees
Preferred Qualifications: Rigging, animation pipeline development, and animation data
Pipeline definition on new projects or prototypes with engineering
AI tool integration in animation or art production
Asset implementation
Mobile performance optimization
Leadership development
Translation Company Name: Wildlife Studios