Pune jobs : Light & Wonder is looking for an experienced, highly creative Senior Game Animator to join our dedicated game art team in Pune. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering top-tier, high-fidelity animations for slot games, ensuring strong visual appeal, a smooth gameplay experience, and absolute stylistic consistency across all production slates.
Alongside this key creative role, our Yerwada studio is rapidly expanding, and we are actively hiring for several other Pune jobs, including Senior Illustrators, Technical Game Artists, Back-End Software Engineers, and Automation QA Engineers. For our featured animation position, the ideal candidate should possess exceptional hands-on animation skills, a deep understanding of modern game art pipelines, and a natural aptitude for guiding, mentoring, and supporting junior team members across our growing Pune workforce.
Job Overview : Senior Game Animator
| Job Details | Specification |
| Job Title | Senior Game Animator |
| Company | Light & Wonder (formerly Scientific Games) |
| Location | Pune, India (Commerzone IT Tech Park, Yerwada) |
| Work Model | Hybrid |
| Employment Type | Full-Time, Permanent |
| Experience Level | Senior (5–8 years required) |
| Industry Vertical | iGaming / Digital Slot Games / Real-Money Gaming |
| Core Tool Stack | Esoteric Spine (Preferred), Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop |
| Interview Requirement | At least one Face-to-Face / In-Person discussion is mandatory |
Company Overview: It’s All About the Games
Light & Wonder, Inc. is a leading cross-platform global games company. Through our land-based gaming, iGaming, and social gaming business segments, we deliver unforgettable experiences by combining the exceptional talents of our 7,500+ member team with a deep understanding of our customers and players worldwide. We create immersive content, hardware, and systems that connect iconic titles across any place or channel—forging lasting connections with players wherever they choose to engage.
In our digital team, we lead the global iGaming market. We provide jaw-dropping content and innovative software that powers the world’s most successful online gaming providers. If it’s iGaming, we know a thing or two.
The Company is firmly committed to the highest standards of integrity, from promoting player responsibility to implementing sustainable practices globally. At Light & Wonder, we offer highly competitive benefits aligned with our values, designed to inspire employees to drive innovation and contribute to the organization’s performance. Our employees are our most valued resource, and we continuously look to improve their well-being with a wide range of custom benefits alongside robust learning and professional development opportunities.
Our Core Values
- Dare to be bold: We combine diverse talent to look at the familiar in unfamiliar ways.
- Celebrate perspectives: We welcome unique vantage points to build richer creative solutions.
- Never settle: We relentlessly push forward to create the extraordinary in every single detail.
- Uphold integrity: We promote accountability and respect to raise the bar for ourselves and the industry.
- Win as a team: We bring out the best in each other to share collective success.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities as Senior Game Animator
- High-Quality Animation Production: Create premium-grade 2D animations for slot game symbols, features, user interface (UI) elements, and overall game flows to elevate player experience and game feel.
- Optimization & Pipeline Execution: Ensure all animations are meticulously optimized for runtime performance, asset scaling, and file size constraints within the target game engine. Take complete ownership from concept to final delivery.
- Troubleshooting: Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve asset issues relating to character rigging, keyframe timing, file sizes, or engine performance limits.
- Collaboration & Mentorship: Partner closely with game designers, developers, and traditional 2D artists. Guide, mentor, and support junior and mid-level team members, reviewing their workflows and elevating their technical capabilities.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Experience: 5+ years of dedicated professional experience in game animation, with a strong preference for candidates coming from a slot game or broader iGaming development background.
- Software Mastery: Strong hands-on production experience in 2D skeletal and keyframe animation tools, with Esoteric Spine being highly preferred, alongside Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop.
- Animation Foundations: An elite understanding of the classic principles of animation (weight, squash/stretch, anticipation, timing, and staging) applied to UI and characters.
- Portfolio: A comprehensive, high-quality professional portfolio demonstrating clean rigging, dynamic movement, and stylized VFX work.
Technical Interview Loop
Please note that our technical evaluation requires mandatory in-person engagement. The interview tracking sequence consists of the following progressive milestones:
- First Technical Interview (Remote/Online screening)
- Offline Technical Assessment (Practical evaluation task)
- Second Technical Interview (Deep-dive technical review)
- Director Interview (Mandatory Face-to-Face / In-Person discussion at our Pune office)
- HR Discussion (Offers, benefits, and contract alignment)
Expanded Opportunities: Active Pune Studio Openings
Our Pune studio is expanding rapidly across creative, engineering, and quality assurance divisions. In addition to the Senior Game Animator role, we are actively hiring for the following positions at our Yerwada tech park hub:
Creative & Art
- Senior Illustrator: Focus on visual development, world-building, and high-fidelity asset design for next-generation slot games.
- Advanced Game Artist / Core Artist: Deliver visually striking 2D concepts, symbols, character designs, and initial UI layouts within our core slot creation pipelines.
- Technical Game Artist: Bridge the gap between art and engineering by optimizing complex assets, handling script tools, and ensuring smooth engine integration.
Engineering & Mathematics
- Senior Software Engineer (Java): Design, build, and optimize high-throughput backend services, transactional frameworks, and scalable gaming APIs.
- Back-End Software Engineer: Maintain core cloud-native platform infrastructure, microservices architecture, and clean Spring Boot integration layers.
Quality Assurance
- Senior Automation QA Engineer: Drive robust test script creation utilizing Selenium, Java, and Playwright across our globally deployed platforms.
- Associate QA Engineer: Conduct functional testing, edge-case tracking, and rigorous quality check workflows to guarantee flawless game deployment.
