Senior Pipeline Developer

Artist-driven company by nature, it’s our mission to give talented artists the freedom and resources they need to deliver quality work and to thrive in a fun and creative environment.

The Software Team is looking for a pipeline developer to help create and maintain our new USD based pipeline.
This position requires a good understanding of a VFX or Animation pipeline and the ability to collaborate in a cross-functional team of developers. The position is for our Montreal studio. Working with the R&D and pipeline teams, you will be in charge of the following:

Responsibilities

• Developing tools, in Python, for our in-house applications and also for DCCs such as Maya, Houdini, Katana
• Implementing robust and easy to maintain code.
• Participating in the complete software development life-cycle; designing, supporting and maintaining software

• Minimum of 3 years of Wàworking experience in VFX Pipelines
• Working as a developer (Python)
• Experience working on scripts and command line applications (Unix)
• Experience of Linux operating systems. 
• Experience of application development life-cycle using Agile methodologies
• Comfortable with Git version control and Jira ticketing systems a plus

Assets

• Previous experience supporting a CG pipeline using in-house softwares and open source libraries like Alembic, USD or in-house technologies.
• Comfortable with project tracking software like Shotgun, Ftrack or Tactic
• Database knowledge is a benefit
• Experience in developing extensions for renderer such as Arnold or Prman a bonus
• Working knowledge of C/C++
• Experience with build systems like CMake or Scons