Lead Rigger at Jobgether

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Lead Rigger

Jobgether

Brabantine City Row

Remote

Expert

posted 108 days ago

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Vacancy Summary

We are seeking a Lead Rigger to oversee the character rigging pipeline for an ambitious game development project in the Netherlands. This remote role emphasizes technical excellence and collaboration across teams to deliver exceptional character experiences.

Required skills

Animation

Game Development

PYTHON

Architecture

Art

Performance Optimization

English level

Professional

In this position, you will take charge of the character rigging pipeline for a cutting-edge game development project, ensuring high standards in character creation, animation systems, and performance optimization. You will work closely with animation, art, and production teams to establish effective workflows that enable realistic character movement and deformation across various platforms. As a mentor to a skilled team of riggers and technical artists, you will also develop innovative tools and processes to enhance efficiency and scalability.

Responsibilities

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Lead the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the character rigging pipeline, ensuring high technical and artistic standards.

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Oversee rigging, deformation systems, simulations, and technical quality for characters, creatures, and weapons.

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Mentor and support riggers and Character Technical Artists, fostering professional growth and team excellence.

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Establish best practices and technical workflows in collaboration with Animation, Art, and Production teams.

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Design and develop tools, automation solutions, and pipeline enhancements that improve productivity and content quality.

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Implement and optimize procedural animation, secondary motion, physics, and Control Rig systems within Unreal Engine.

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Provide technical guidance and problem-solving support to animation and art teams throughout production.

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Collaborate with external partners and outsourcing teams to ensure consistent rigging standards and efficient workflows.

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Balance visual fidelity with performance optimization across multiple target platforms.

Requirements

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Minimum of 5 years of experience in the video game industry, including participation in at least two shipped game titles.

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Experience working on at least one released Unreal Engine project as a Rigger, Technical Animator, or Technical Artist.

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Proven leadership experience managing, mentoring, or guiding rigging and character technical art teams.

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Expert-level proficiency in Autodesk Maya, with experience using rigging frameworks such as mGear considered an advantage.

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Strong background in pipeline architecture, tools development, and workflow optimization for character production.

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Advanced scripting skills using Python or similar languages for developing tools and automation solutions.

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Deep knowledge of Unreal Engine animation systems, including Control Rig, Physics, Cloth, Anim Dynamics, and Rigid Body simulations.

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Strong understanding of character deformation, procedural animation, and secondary motion techniques.

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Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

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Passion for character technology, innovation, and continuous improvement within game development pipelines.

About Jobgether

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Jobgether

Brussels, BE

Jobgether is an AI-powered career coach and matching platform fixing the broken job search. Remote professionals no longer waste hours applying blindly; instead, they receive a personalized job search strategy, stronger visibility, and curated matches aligned with their skills, flexibility preferences, and career goals. We flip the hiring model by connecting talent only to roles that truly match, reducing noise for employers and eliminating wasted effort for candidates. Jobgether combines AI coaching, profile optimization, Match Score insights, and the world’s largest remote job database to help people land opportunities faster and with less bias. Our purpose is to make remote job search guided and intentional. Our mission is to become the world’s reference platform for remote talent, ensuring no professional remains invisible and every match is meaningful.

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