Technical Director

1 Month ago • 4 Years + • $93,600 PA - $145,600 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Sony Pictures Animation seeks a Technical Director (TD) to write pipeline tools, support show needs, and explore new technologies under the guidance of the Pipeline Technology Supervisor. The role involves building and maintaining custom pipeline tools for episodic CG production, interfacing with various teams to prioritize needs, guide development, and document workflows. Responsibilities include supporting show workflows with tooling, debugging, and optimization, maintaining show delivery pipelines with external vendors, and seeking scalable workflows to identify and implement solutions for high-volume episodic pipelines. The TD will bridge communication between production, artists, and engineering teams to translate creative needs into technical implementations, focusing primarily on two specific shows.
Must have:
  • 4+ years developing custom tools for CG in animation/VFX/game studios
  • Expertise in Python with PyQt/PySide, PyTest, Requests
  • Familiarity with Maya, Katana, Houdini, Nuke, Unreal
  • Familiarity with Shotgrid/Asset Flow Tracker
  • Experience with Bash, Git, Github, Jenkins
  • Experience with USD and USD APIs
Good to have:
  • Additional programming languages (C++, Rust, JavaScript, MySQL)

Job Details

The Technical Director will be responsible for writing pipeline tools, supporting show needs, and exploring new technologies under the guidance of the Pipeline Technology Supervisor.

Sony Pictures Animation is an animation studio based in Los Angeles, California, creating both 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 hand of the artist to be truly felt, with the goal of producing bold and innovative visual storytelling!

Responsibilities:

  • Build and maintain custom pipeline tools for episodic CG production.
  • Interface with various teams and stakeholders during dailies to help prioritize needs, guide development, and document workflows & processes.
  • Support show needs and workflows with tooling, debugging, and optimization
  • Maintain show delivery pipelines using Aspera & CiMedia with external vendors
  • Seek out scalable workflows tailored to high-volume episodic pipelines, identifying bottlenecks and implementing solutions that best fit production needs.
  • Translate creative needs into technical implementations by bridging communication between production, artists, and engineering teams
  • While the TD may contribute across all shows, they will be primarily assigned to two specific shows where their responsibilities will be focused.

Qualifications:

  • 4+ Years developing custom tools and workflows for CG within an animation, VFX or Game studio Environment
  • Expertise developing with Python using best practices and common libraries such as PyQt/PySide, PyTest, & Requests.
  • Familiar with DCCs like Maya, Katana, Houdini, Nuke, Unreal, etc.
  • Familiarity with Shotgrid/ Asset Flow Tracker.
  • Experience with dev tools like Bash, Git, Github, Jenkins
  • Experience with USD and USD APIs
  • Bonus: Additional programming languages. ie- C++, Rust, JavaScript, MySQL or others.

The anticipated base salary for this position is $45/hour to $70/hour. This role qualifies for benefits pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement. The actual salary offered will depend on a variety of factors. 

To apply, please submit a resume and a link to your work. Please make sure to include any passwords needed to review your work in your resume or cover letter.

Sony Pictures Animation 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.

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About The Company

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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