Software Engineer, Tools Internals (Core)

2 Months ago • 4 Years + • Full Stack Development • $145,265 PA - $187,990 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Pixar's Software R&D department seeks a Software Engineer for their Tools Internals (Core) team. This role focuses on enhancing the performance and feature set of Pixar's in-memory scene representation and computation engine, central to their in-house application, Presto, and open-source USD. Responsibilities include profiling performance-critical code, optimizing algorithms for interactive experiences, collaborating with multi-functional teams, designing robust and maintainable code, and contributing to both internal applications and open-source projects. The ideal candidate possesses strong C++ skills, a deep understanding of data structures and algorithms, and experience with multithreading and parallel programming. They should also excel in API design and development, ensuring high-quality code that meets Pixar's rigorous standards.
Must have:
  • Strong C++ skills
  • Data structures & algorithms expertise
  • High-quality code & API design
  • Multithreading & parallel programming
  • Performance optimization experience
Good to have:
  • Performance profiling tools
  • Cache-aware programming
  • GNU/Linux experience

Job Details

Job Summary:

Our Software R&D department (Tools) is responsible for developing Pixar’s in-house and open-source software. We work very closely with both artists and engineers to build innovative filmmaking tools that enable our film production and continuously extend artistic reach. As a Software Engineer on the Internals team, you will work on extending the feature set as well as improving the performance of our in-memory scene representation and its computation engine. This software stack is at the heart of our in-house digital content creation application, Presto, and is making its way into open-source USD. You will collaborate with us in a multi-functional team of developers, and help craft and implement robust, easy-to-maintain code. Are you enthusiastic about software architecture and API design? Do you love writing high-performance and high-quality C++ code, and are you interested in putting your multithreading and parallel programming skills to use? If so, we would love to have you on the team!

What you’ll do

  • Contribute to world-class 3D graphics software applications and frameworks that enable and support Pixar’s film production

  • Profile performance-critical code paths and creatively optimize algorithms to enhance interactive user experiences

  • Take ownership of challenges that arise from evolving and modifying software that is heavily exercised in an active production environment

  • Collaborate with a team of engineers, technical artists, QA, build support and project management

  • Work closely with other teams to plan and develop user-facing features that help our artists push boundaries, as well as libraries and APIs that enhance the capabilities of our software

  • Join forces with valued external partners, and help bring Pixar’s production-proven technologies to our open-source USD distribution

  • Work in a collaborative environment, exchanging knowledge with accomplished technicians, and drawing inspiration from amazing artists

What you offer

  • A strong and continually-expanding understanding of C++, including knowledge of how things work under the hood

  • Solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms

  • Experience with STL and modern C++

  • Passion in crafting high-quality code with attention to detail, readability and performance in mind

  • Ability to design and implement APIs and frameworks as well as user-facing features

  • You hold yourself to a high bar when it comes to engineering methodologies, like writing maintainable code, providing good documentation and embracing automated testing

  • Love of the whole development cycle: From proposal and planning, to implementation, testing, optimization and deployment

  • You listen well and communicate clearly and succinctly

  • Four or more years of professional experience

Nice to haves

  • Prior exposure to performance profiling tools and workflows, parallel programming and multithreading, and cache-aware programming

  • Experience programming on GNU/Linux

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience or education

The hiring range for this position in Emeryville is $145,265.00 to $187,990.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

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