Episodic Pipeline Supervisor

5 Months ago • Upto 10 Years • Animation • $131,900 PA - $176,400 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Lead the design and implementation of the animation series pipeline. Must have extensive experience in CG animation, Python, Shotgrid, and cross-platform development. Collaborate with key stakeholders to define pipeline standards and techniques.
Must have:
  • CG animation experience
  • Python experience
  • Shotgrid experience
  • Cross-platform development
Good to have:
  • Omniverse knowledge
  • Unreal experience
  • Houdini experience
  • Angular experience
Perks:
  • Incentives
  • Comprehensive benefits

Job Details

Sony Pictures Animation is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our team as an Episodic Pipeline Supervisor. This unique opportunity will have you working closely with both Sony Pictures Imageworks and Sony Pictures Animation to build and maintain an efficient pipeline for our episodic projects.

As the Episodic Pipeline Supervisor, you will join our Culver City software development team and be dedicated to the needs of episodic projects at Sony Pictures Animation. You will lead the animation series pipeline's design, implementation, and modification. Collaborating closely with Studio Management, Series Show Leadership, Technology, the Global VFX Supervisor, directors, VFX supervisors, and other artists crewed on episodic projects, you will define standards and techniques for pipeline processes. You will ensure the studio pipeline meets the needs of multiple projects and departments, resolve pipeline and workflow issues, standardize tools, manage software testing, and oversee workflows to reach project milestones efficiently and with high quality. You will also participate in the development of tools. Applicants must have extensive experience in animation production and be able to showcase their ability to design and implement animation workflows and pipelines.

Sony Pictures Animation is an animation studio based in Culver City, California. We create feature animation and animated series with artists from around the world. We pride ourselves on empowering filmmakers to lead the creative process and allowing the artist's hand to be genuinely felt to produce bold and innovative visual storytelling. The Episodic Pipeline Supervisor will report directly to the Executive Director of Technology of Sony Pictures Animation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, implementation, and modification of the animation series pipeline
  • Contribute to the development of any pipeline tools
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders to define pipeline standards and techniques
  • Ensure the pipeline meets the needs of multiple projects and departments
  • Resolve pipeline and workflow issues, minimizing project-specific complexities
  • Standardize tools and manage software testing related to pipeline processes
  • Oversee workflows and liaise with production teams to reach project milestones efficiently and with high-quality
  • Stay current with industry trends and emerging animation production technologies
  • Foster a positive, collaborative, and productive work environment

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience in a lead pipeline or related role in CG animation TV or feature film
  • Proven ability to lead software, pipeline, and/or technology teams
  • Strong production and development experience using Python
  • Experience with Shotgrid or other Production & Asset Management Systems
  • Proficiency in cross-platform development (OSX, Linux, and Windows)
  • Expert understanding of DCCs (Maya, Houdini, Katana, Nuke, Adobe Photoshop)
  • Solid grasp of key image concepts (colorspace, video codecs)
  • Familiarity with rendering packages (Arnold, Renderman, V-Ray)
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Ability to thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of Omniverse, Unreal, and Houdini
  • Experience with Angular, Firestore, and Google Cloud
  • Experience working on episodic shows

To apply, please submit a resume and a link to your Reel, GitHub, or Website. 

The anticipated base salary for this position is $131,900-$176,400/year. This role may also qualify for incentives and/or comprehensive benefits. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location of the position.

*Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.

SPE will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with applicable law.

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The studio's latest theatrical release is "Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse," the highly-anticipated sequel to the Academy Award®-winning "Spider-Man™: Into the Spider-Verse" and the second film in the Spider-Verse trilogy.


The division is also behind the visually-groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed "The Mitchells vs. The Machines," the hit film series "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," and "Hotel Transylvania," and the upcoming 2D adult comedy "Fixed" from visionary director Genndy Tartakovsky.


In 2023, the studio released its first two series - "Agent Elvis," an adult animated action comedy, and "Young Love," which expands on the story and characters introduced in the Oscar®-winning short film, “Hair Love.”


Sony Pictures Animation, which was founded in 2002, is a division of the Sony Pictures Motion Pictures Group for Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation.


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