Senior Pipeline Developer (Maya)

Eyeline Studios At Eyeline, Scanline VFX's virtual production division, we want to provide you with a solid foundation where you can be a part of an innovative team of brilliant researchers, developers and virtual storytellers. Learn more.
The Maya Pipeline Developer collaborates with Pipeline Leads to build a Maya pipeline that spans Modeling, Rigging, Animation, and Tracking/Matchmove, using OpenUSD as a backbone. They leverage their production experience to create intuitive and self-documenting workflows that can be quickly adopted by users of differing skill levels, and which can operate efficiently on scenes of extreme scale and complexity.  Key Responsibilities

• Solve complex problems in the domain of Maya pipeline workflows
• Write high quality Python code that is easy to maintain and is well-tested 
• Communicate with artists to identify areas of inefficiency and help gather their requirements
• Contribute to technical briefs and user documentation

Qualifications

• Passion for staying on top of latest features in Maya
• 8+ years experience writing Maya pipeline code using python
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated talent for designing intuitive, artist-friendly workflows without sacrificing functionality
• Understanding of object-oriented programming patterns
• Comfortable with git and unit testing
• Desire to probe and understand the inner workings of complex systems
• Experience as an artist using Maya in production preferred
• Experience writing a Maya pipeline using OpenUSD preferred
• Experience programming in C++ preferred