Creative Technologist II

A creative technologist at Deeplocal will use a combination of software skills, an eye for design, care for the user experience, and general understanding of technology on a wide variety of consumer-facing projects to create unique experiences for brands like Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Torani, and others. You’ll work in close collaboration with members from other engineering disciplines and the creative team. Creative technology is truly at the intersection of design, experience, and engineering at Deeplocal, and you will have the opportunity to influence all aspects of the experiences you will work on.

A Creative Technologist II is an early career role that primarily supports projects in production via software development, research, installation, and monitoring. This role will be contributing heavily and directly to projects in production so that they develop skills to move into more of a leadership role. A Creative Technologist II will have several projects that they have helped bring from beginning to end and they understand how their contribution affects deadlines and the final product. 

Responsibilities

Project Tasks

• Performs software development with some supervision and peer review, delivers quality code
• Owns larger components with minimal direction
• Has the capability to own an entire project or exhibit of a certain size with some oversight.
• Works on projects or components of projects. Architecture and planning will be provided by the project leads, but CT II may contribute input or drafts.
• Assist with on-site installation work and maintenance
• Document things that can be used to get code running.
• Performs QA and user experience testing and basic configuration of software packages.

General contributions and expectations

• Research and prototype proposed solutions by the project lead
• Contribute to creative ideation and concept creation during early project phases as needed
• Escalate things to project lead as needed
• Actively working to build skills in software platforms and general creative technology knowledge

Required Skills

• Strong development skills.
  • Expert level with at least one language and framework and strong experience with others
  • Able to help level 1 solving specific problems
  • Owns solutions with little need for any escalation
  • Can define integration points with other disciplines (Integration and EE)
• Strong communication skills. Can be client facing on site. Escalates significant issues to project leads.
• Familiarity with getting software to communicate with hardware components (inputs and outputs - microcontrollers, sensors, screens, etc)
• Self directed problem solving capabilities and eager to learn new skills
• Competent developer that delivers clean code
• Has full-stack experience with some frontend and backend work. Primarily focused on building skills in one software platform but has general knowledge of 1 or 2 others.
• Expectation that senior developers will review and sign off on code contributions.
• Friendly and able to work well with clients
• Creative thinker, collaborator, and problem solver

Preferred Skills

• Computer Science degree or equivalent 
• Typical, but not required years of experience: 2-5yrs
• Experience in creative software development; including generative graphics, programmatic motion design or programmatic sound design.
• Excited by new challenges and never-been-done-before work (Visit deeplocal.com/work for examples of Deeplocal projects.)
• Experience with one or more AI development (LLMs, Stable Diffusion, etc.)
• Experience with creative development platforms such as Unreal Engine, TouchDesigner, Three.js
• Experience with React and Node.js 

Location

Pittsburgh-based with hybrid flexibility due to needs to directly interact with hardware.

About Deeplocal

Deeplocal is a quickly growing, internationally-recognized, innovation studio based in Pittsburgh, PA. Deeplocal’s team of 100+ includes experts in marketing, engineering, design, and fabrication who collaborate to develop never-seen-before physical experiences for brand clients.

From creating a mind-controlled bike that allowed riders to shift with their thoughts, to building a robotic pitching machine that allowed a child to throw out the first pitch at a baseball game from thousands of miles away, to a single button that dims the lights, orders food, silencers your phone and puts on your favorite show, to a machine that graffitied tweets on the roads of the Tour de France, our projects are wide-ranging and unique.

Deeplocal has been behind some of advertising’s most talked about campaigns: the Netflix Switch, Google Photos Pay With A Photo, Google Fiber Nick’s First Pitch, and the Nike Chalkbot. Deeplocal’s current clients include Google, Nike, and Nest.

Deeplocal’s studio is located in a renovated brewery loft space in Sharpsburg, PA—just outside of Pittsburgh and within a few minutes of Lawrenceville. All team members at Deeplocal contribute and participate in work for our amazing roster of clients.

Deeplocal has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Western Pennsylvania for the past four years and has received numerous awards in advertising and design. Deeplocal’s work has been featured on Fast Company, Wired, NYTimes, USA Today, the Today Show, Good Morning America, Gizmodo, Engadget, Forbes, and many more.

Our Mission
Invent products and experiences for innovative brands.

Our Purpose
To be a place where amazing talent can invent, create and inspire.

Our Core Values
Deeplocal is committed to maintaining the company's core values and culture as the company grows. Employees should exhibit the following Deeplocal core values:

• Impactful
• Efficient
• Inventive
• Resourceful
• Humble

Full Time Employee Benefits Include:

Competitive and comprehensive health care coverage

Flexible retirement plan with employer matching

Paid vacation time and winter break 

Flexible working style

Family and pet friendly policies, including best-in-industry parental leave

Wellness, Technology and Professional Development subsidy

Community service flex time