Senior 3D Animator

Dreamsports

Mumbai permanent

Posted: October 28, 2025

Quick Summary

We are seeking a Senior 3D Animator to join our team in Mumbai, India. The ideal candidate will be responsible for creating high-quality keyframe animations for characters, props, and creatures, and collaborating with rigging, modeling, and technical animation teams to ensure consistency and performance quality.

Job Description

Your Role:
• Clean up, retarget, and refine motion capture data in Autodesk MotionBuilder
• Create and polish high-quality keyframe animations for characters, props, and creatures
• Collaborate with rigging, modeling, and technical animation teams to ensure animation assets meet gameplay and cinematic requirements
• Work closely with animation leads and directors to maintain consistent style, timing, and performance quality.
• Optimize animation assets for performance without compromising visual fidelity
• Participate in animation reviews, provide feedback, and mentor junior animators
• Troubleshoot animation-related issues in production pipelines

Must Have:
• 5+ years of professional experience in 3D animation for games, films, or cinematics
• A portfolio with show-reel in video format or online video link
• Strong proficiency in Autodesk MotionBuilder with proven mocap cleanup and editing experience
• Solid understanding of keyframe animation, body mechanics, weight, timing, and acting
• Familiarity with animation integration in engines such as Unreal Engine or Unity
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative production environment
• Knowledge of Maya & MotionBuilder for animation refinement or export pipelines is a plus

Good to Have:
• Experience in facial animation and lip-sync workflows
• Knowledge of motion capture systems (Vicon, OptiTrack, Xsens)
• Experience with Python/MEL scripting for MotionBuilder pipeline tools

Dream Sports, India’s leading sports technology company, powers the fan journey for 300 million sports fans across entertainment, content, gaming, travel, AI, and grassroot sports development. Its portfolio includes Dream11, a sports entertainment platform; FanCode, India’s digital sports destination; DreamSetGo, India’s premium sports travel and experiences platform; Dream Cricket, an AAA mobile sports game; Dream Horizon, our battle-tested tech, now open-sourced & free for all; Dream Sports AI, reimagining sports with AI, and Dream Money, empowering every Indian to grow their net-worth. The company is also home to the Dream Sports Foundation, its philanthropic arm.

Founded in 2008 by Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth, Dream Sports is headquartered in Mumbai.

Checked out Dream Locker Room yet? Head over to our official blog to get a glimpse into our culture, and how we ‘Make Sports Better’, together.

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