About SpaceFrog Games

SpaceFrog is a specialized game production team with a ridiculous amount of game-making experience. We’re fast and future-focused, combining lightweight management processes with scary levels of automation and AI to hyper-power our development. 

If you’re a Unity expert with a passion for crafting phenomenal games, SpaceFrog Games is where you’ll make your mark. As a growing team, every individual has a significant impact, and your contributions will help shape our ambitious projects and culture. 

We're currently in stealth mode, but will be launching soon.

Our Principles

• Use every advantage generative AI provides.

• Use process to save time, not to waste time.

• Move fast, but with quality.

• Build models, not code. Build a system, not a game.

• Value simplicity.

Role Overview

As our Technical Artist / Animator, you will bridge the gap between art and technology, crafting animations, and visual effects that have the "wow" factor. You will collaborate closely with designers, developers, and artists to ensure visual excellence and smooth performance. We are looking for someone with a strong artistic eye, technical expertise, and an ability to tell stories through both visuals and movement.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and implement high-quality animations for characters, environments, and visual effects that align with the game's style and design.

• Identify opportunities to use generative AI throughout the creative cycle

• Collaborate with developers and artists to design and optimize tools, workflows, and pipelines for asset integration.

• Develop and maintain rigging systems for characters and objects.

• Design, create, and optimize shaders, materials, and particle effects to ensure visual consistency and performance.

• Troubleshoot animation and visual issues, ensuring smooth implementation across multiple platforms.

• Use animation state machines, blend trees, and procedural systems in Unity to bring characters and environments to life.

• Provide creative and technical feedback to improve the quality of animations, art pipelines, and asset workflows.

• Stay updated on the latest tools, trends, and technologies to bring innovative solutions to the team.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience as a Technical Artist and Animator in the gaming industry.

• Strong understanding of animation principles, storytelling through movement, and timing.

• Experience rigging and skinning characters and objects for games.

• Advanced skills in Unity, including creating animation controllers, blend trees, shaders, and particle systems.

• Solid understanding of art pipelines, asset optimization, and performance profiling.

• Proficiency in scripting languages such as C# (for Unity) or Python for tool and pipeline development.

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities for both animation and visual challenges.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multiple disciplines.

• A portfolio showcasing both animation work and technical art solutions.

• Familiarity with Unity's Timeline tools.

• Experience with Spine or Rive

• Experience with generative AI tools

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with procedural animations and physics-driven systems.

• Knowledge of scripting shaders using HLSL or GLSL.

• Passion for storytelling, visual effects, and immersive game experiences.

• Experience with sports games

Why Join SpaceFrog Games?

• Work on world-changing, ambitious gaming projects that combine fun gameplay and community building, and sports.

• Collaborate with a diverse, talented, and passionate team of developers, designers, and creators.

• Flexible work environment: fully remote.

• Competitive salary and opportunities for career growth.

• A culture that encourages creativity and innovation.

Be a part of a dynamic team, where your contributions truly matter.

How to Apply

If you’re ready to hop into an out-of-this-world gaming adventure, send us your resume, portfolio showcasing your best Unity projects, and a quick note on why you’re excited to join SpaceFrog Games.

Email: hello@spacefro.gg

Subject Line: Senior Unity Developer Application - [Your Name]

Join SpaceFrog Games and help us leap into the future of gaming!