Software Engineer, Test

What you'll be doing:

• Taking ownership of the USD release testing process from end to end, ensuring high quality public USD releases

• Working with Pixar developers and our external partners to identify the root cause of failures in internal software and third-party USD integrations

• Improving testing workflows for USD developers at Pixar and in the open source community, including building open source testing pipelines in GitHub

• Participating in Pixar's internal software testing process, including determining the cause of automated test failures

• Engineering new and more efficient ways to bring quality to Pixar’s software via process and software development

What you have:

• Strong communication and teamwork skills, and a strong desire to help others solve technical problems

• Passion for quality and maintaining the highest standards in software development

• Ability to effectively prioritize and respond quickly and efficiently to multiple issues and tasks

• Extensive experience deploying, extending and maintaining testing frameworks for large applications targeting multiple platforms including Linux, Windows and macOS

• Experience with Git and Perforce version control systems

• Proficiency with scripting languages, particularly Python

• Familiarity with configuration and deployment of continuous integration pipelines in Gitlab/GitHub (Gitlab Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines)

Nice to haves:

• Experience deploying tests in a multi-platform work scheduling framework like Jenkins

• Prior experience testing or supporting software at a VFX studio or software vendor

The hiring range for this position in Emeryville is $131,495.00 to $170,170.00 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.