Lead Software Engineer (Production Tools)
Job Summary
Job Description
- Python Development
- VFX Pipelines
- Lead Role
- Flow/Shotgrid
- Service-Oriented
- Event-Driven
- SQL/NoSQL
- OOP APIs
- Netflix Investment
- Global Studios
10 skills required
Job Details
Key Responsibilities
- Take ownership of specific pipeline initiatives from conception to delivery
- Collaborate with pipeline leadership and production stakeholders to determine user stories and requirements for pipeline development projects
- Work with Pipeline Architects to interpret user stories and requirements into a project definition – evaluating trade-offs, estimating work effort, and mitigating risks
- Make tough decisions about features that do and don’t fall within the scope of the project, and communicate these decisions clearly to stakeholders
- Break down work into components and work within an Agile framework to ensure timely delivery to production
- Ensure that projects align with organizational goals, industry best practices, and scalability requirements
- Enforce engineering best practices to ensure consistent and high quality code, via code review and mentorship
Qualifications
- Minimum twelve (12) years Python software development experience
- Minimum two (2) years in lead role
- Proven experience leading the design, development, and maintenance of complex VFX pipelines
- Self-directed, proactive, detailed, organized and solution-oriented personality
- Strong written/verbal communication and presentation skills
- Ability to design intuitive and well structured APIs using OOP
- Deep understanding of VFX Production workflows, such as production tracking, bidding, resource management, media review, and deliveries
- Experience using Flow/Shotgrid, and a proven record of leveraging automation to streamline production
- An understanding of Service-Oriented & Event-Driven Architectures, and experience using them to solve production problems is preferred
- Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases
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About The Company
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.
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