Build & Release Engineer

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Developing and supporting internal software configuration & deployment tools including software build, continuous integration and release automation

• Improving and maintaining Pixar's third-party dependency management system built on Conda

• Working with other R&D teams to extend Pixar's Linux-based continuous integration framework to target Windows and macOS

• Improving development workflows for USD developers at Pixar and in the open source community, including building open source pipelines in GitHub

• Providing direct support to developers, both internal and in the wider USD community, helping to solve configuration and build-related issues

• Strong communication and teamwork skills, and a strong desire to help others solve technical problems

• Ability to effectively prioritize and respond quickly and efficiently to multiple issues and tasks

• Demonstrated ability as a release engineer, DevOps engineer or with Linux/macOS software development on a large-scale product

• Deep experience with both Git and Perforce revision control systems, including experience interacting with Gitlab/GitHub APIs

• Experience configuring tools like SCons, CMake or Bazel to build large, multi-platform applications written in C++ and Python

• Proficiency with scripting languages, particularly Python