Senior Rigging Artist at Dream Sports - Mumbai | $120,000 - $150,000

Dream Cricket is a game developer and publisher building console-quality realistic mobile games of international standards from India.

The company is a division of Dream Sports, which has been featured as a ‘Great Place to Work’ by the Great Place to Work Institute for four consecutive years, with brands such as Dream11, FanCode, DreamSetGo, and Dream Foundation in its portfolio.

Founded by India's gaming industry veterans, credited with multiple international award-winning games, Dream Cricket' mission is to reach the hearts of players through deeply engaging, visually stunning, and technically outstanding games.

For more information: https://www.dreamgamestudios.in/

Your Role

Rig Quality & Versatility - Create stable, flexible, and animator-friendly rigs supporting both body and facial motion—including mocap workflows

Technical Accuracy - Ensure rig hierarchies, joint placements, naming conventions, and deformation principles meet pipeline standards

Timely Deliverables - Deliver rigs on schedule, aligned with character readiness and animation team milestones

Tool Development & Automation - Develop and maintain scripts/tools (Python, MEL, etc.) that optimise rigging, skinning, and export processes

Facial Rigging Excellence - Build expressive facial rigs that support lip sync, facial motion and blend seamlessly with mocap systems

Reusability & Scalability - Design modular rigs and templates for efficient reuse across similar character archetypes or re-skinned assets

Autonomous Execution - Proactively solve technical rigging problems with minimal supervision, owning the rigging lifecycle end-to-end

Engine Integration - Ensure rigs function correctly in engines such as Unreal or Unity, handling retargeting, LODs, and constraints for real-time performance

Team Mentorship & Support - Guide junior riggers by sharing expertise, reviewing work, and documenting best practices

Skinning Quality - Deliver clean mesh deformations across joints and poses, supporting both gameplay and cinematic fidelity

Creative Problem Solving - Innovate solutions for complex rigging scenarios—such as creature rigs, dynamic systems, and advanced facial setups

Pipeline Contribution & Documentation - Maintain well-documented rigging workflows, standards, and tool libraries to support team-wide efficiency and consistency

Must Have

5+ years of professional experience in Rigging and skinning for games, films, or cinematics

A portfolio with show-reel in video format or online video link

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

Dream Sports is India’s leading sports technology company with 250 million users, housing brands such as Dream11, the world’s largest fantasy sports platform, FanCode, India’s digital sports destination, and DreamSetGo, a sports experiences platform. Dream Sports is based in Mumbai and has a workforce of close to 1,000 ‘Sportans’. Founded in 2008 by Harsh Jain and Bhavit Sheth, Dream Sports’ vision is to ‘Make Sports Better’ for fans through the confluence of sports and technology.

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.

For more information: https://dreamsports.group/

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