Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Mumbai

Animation Technical Directors debug animation shots, support animators, and improve workflows across animation, rigging, layout, and pipeline teams. They develop, document, and test animation tools; troubleshoot production issues; and communicate technical solutions to creative and technology teams. The role requires strong Maya expertise, familiarity with Python, USD, Houdini, Katana, and Linux/Unix, plus an understanding of animation principles and production pipelines.

Manage the planning and delivery of game levels in India, coordinating design, art, and code teams. Apply Agile practices, Unreal Engine workflows, and level streaming knowledge to ensure efficient production. Responsibilities include time and task management, prioritization, conflict resolution, and delivery coordination. A background in level design is beneficial.

Design, implement, and deploy a framework that predicts future hardware and software resource requirements from project staffing and complexity estimates. Lead architecture, resource types, and prediction methods; provide sprint updates; document software and troubleshooting procedures; resolve development and production issues; and coordinate with distributed teams across time zones.

Create detailed matte-painted elements, projections, and illustrations for believable animated environments. Apply perspective, lighting, color, photography, and digital painting techniques while combining 2D and 3D elements in Maya and Nuke. Collaborate with Matte Painting, Build, and Lighting teams, manage multiple priorities, meet production deadlines, and contribute creative leadership within a feature animation production environment.

Create high-end effects for feature animation, including smoke, fire, clouds, water, steam, explosions, particles, and voxel-based simulations. Use Houdini and compositing tools while troubleshooting pipeline issues and collaborating with production teams. Apply strong knowledge of physical simulation, timing, visual detail, and compositing. Meet deadlines, communicate clearly, adapt to proprietary tools, and contribute effectively under pressure.

Leads the company’s machine learning research and development strategy, focusing on multimodal generative models for video, audio, and language. Designs architectures and large-scale training pipelines, builds and mentors a high-performing ML team, and drives deployment of research innovations into production. Collaborates with product, engineering, and creative teams, establishes ML standards, evaluates emerging technologies, and represents the company through research publications and conferences.

Build Python-based tools for layout, animation, matchmove, and previs artists working with complex CG scenes. Develop scene-management systems, asset and animation library integrations, and 3DEqualizer data import/export workflows. Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders in an Agile environment, contributing across design, development, maintenance, and pipeline integration. Work may include front-end and back-end development for high-end VFX and feature animation pipelines.

Design and develop a browser-based artist tool across frontend and backend systems. Build GraphQL and REST services, implement UI features, write documentation and tests, troubleshoot bugs and performance issues, participate in code reviews, and coordinate development across remote teams and time zones.

Leads development of realtime technologies integrating Unreal Engine with a proprietary VFX and animation pipeline. Designs scalable artist-facing tools, provides technical architecture, mentors developers, conducts code reviews, manages Agile project lifecycles, and partners with production stakeholders. The role requires expert Unreal Engine, C++, and Python skills across Linux and Windows, plus experience with CI/CD, technical documentation, and production-critical software. Experience in VFX, virtual production, feature animation, or digital content creation tools is preferred.

Develops artist-facing tools and workflows using Unreal Engine, integrates Unreal with DNEG’s proprietary pipeline, and supports feature animation production. The role collaborates with artists, production stakeholders, and technology developers; provides technical Unreal expertise, documentation, testing, troubleshooting, and operational support. Requires strong C++ and Python programming, Unreal Engine and Blueprint knowledge, Perforce, Linux and Windows experience, and familiarity with VFX, feature animation, or games workflows.