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Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)

Backend Services Engineer

1 Month ago • All levels • Backend Development

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back-end

kubernetes

restful-api

microservices

containers

python

docker

sql

gitlab

rabbitmq

innovation

real-time-vfx

Job Description

As a Backend Services Engineer at Scanline VFX, you'll develop, deploy, and maintain back-end services using Python, Docker, and Kubernetes. You'll architect and design complex services and APIs for the VFX pipeline, gather requirements across departments, write technical documentation, and partner with leadership to schedule tasks. Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and event queuing (Kafka/RabbitMQ) is crucial. The role involves building scalable and maintainable services and APIs, utilizing automated build and deployment systems (Gitlab), and working with SQL databases. The position requires strong communication skills and a desire to build foundational services for the team.

Must have:

Expert Python development
API design & development
Kubernetes/container orchestration
SQL & schema authoring
Automated build & deployment
Event queuing (Kafka/RabbitMQ)

Good to have:

Familiarity with VFX pipelines
Gitlab experience

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As a Backend Services Engineer, you will support the team by developing, deploying and maintaining back-end services. You will leverage your extensive knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, containerized build and deployment pipelines to help define best practices and enable other developers to contribute to our suite of service APIs. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable writing RESTful API’s in python as spinning up services in docker containers, and has a strong desire to build useful foundations for other team members to build upon.

Key Responsibilities

Architect, design, build and deploy complex services and APIs to be used by other parts of the VFX pipeline and development team
Gather requirements across large collaboration efforts that span multiple departments and/or disciplines
Write technical briefs and user documentation
Partner with software development leadership and pipeline team to identify and schedule tasks

Qualifications

Expert in Python development
Experience designing and developing services and API’s in a scalable and maintainable way
Familiarity with automated build and deployment systems in Gitlab or similar
Hands on experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration systems
Knowledge of SQL and ability to author schemas
Familiarity with VFX Pipelines and production needs
Experience with event queuing and consumption services such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
Strong written and verbal communication skills

About Us

Scanline VFX is an award-winning leader in the visual effects industry with 7 studios worldwide, including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich, Seoul, Stuttgart, and Vancouver. Since our beginning in 1989, we strive to set the highest standard of quality in everything we do. Through innovation, we generate solutions for our clients and raise the bar — both within our workplace and throughout our industry.

We look for explorers, people who are willing to go to new places and are open to testing, learning and iterating as they go. We believe great ideas come from everyone, so we actively encourage team members to ask questions and present their ideas.

Eyeline Studios

Eyeline Studios, our virtual production division, is rethinking the future of real-time filmmaking by providing content creators with unmatched flexibility. Learn more.

Powered by Netflix

Netflix’s investment in our pipeline, infrastructure, and workforce allows us to continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in visual effects. In addition to working on projects for Netflix, we continue to work with a variety of long-standing and new clients.

Come as you are

We are committed to ensuring fair and equal treatment of your application. When you apply for a role with us, you will receive consideration based solely on your qualifications.

We will only consider applicants based in British Columbia, or those willing to relocate.

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About The Company

Scanline VFX

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Scanline VFX is an award-winning, global leader in the visual effects industry with studios in 7 core locations including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich, Seoul, Stuttgart, and Vancouver. From humble beginnings over 30 years ago, we’ve grown to a team of over 1,200 made up of diverse nationalities from around the world. We believe in the power of storytelling and are committed to helping filmmakers realize their artistic vision. Underpinned by a commitment to innovation, collaboration and long-standing partnerships, we continue to develop innovative tools, techniques and technologies, to offer filmmakers the ultimate in creative freedom. Eyeline Studios, Scanline’s virtual production division, is rethinking the future of real-time filmmaking by providing content creators with unmatched flexibility.

Netflix’s investment in Scanline’s pipeline, infrastructure, and workforce allows Scanline to continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in VFX. In addition to working on projects for Netflix, Scanline continues to work with a variety of long-standing and new clients outside of Netflix.

Established in 1989 in Munich, Scanline became well-known for our ability to create photorealistic natural phenomena such as fire, smoke and water, having developed our proprietary fluid simulation software, Flowline. Scanline was the sole developer of Flowline and in 2008, and was the recipient of a Scientific and Technical Achievement Academy Award® for the software.