Senior Software Developer – Houdini

Open Position:- Senior Software Developer – Houdini

Important Note: Please review the Job Description (JD) thoroughly before proceeding with candidate screening. The specified technical skills and hands-on experience are mandatory requirements for this position. Candidates must demonstrate practical, hands-on expertise in these areas, and the relevant skills and experience must be explicitly documented in their resumes.

Candidates who do not meet these mandatory technical requirements or whose resumes do not substantiate the required competencies will be rejected during the initial screening stage.

These requirements are critical to meeting the current business needs and ensuring alignment with the role's technical expectations.

Eligibility Criteria: This position is exclusively open to Indian citizens only. Candidates currently residing in India will be given preference, in alignment with the role’s location-specific hiring requirements and operational needs.

DNEG’s Houdini development team augments SideFX Houdini with bespoke software 
products to allow artists to create high-end VFX and digital environments, pushing 
complexity, scalability, and artistic boundaries through procedural workflows. 

In this role, you’ll build artist-facing and backend tools to streamline workflows, extend 
Houdini’s capabilities, and solve production challenges.
You’ll primarily develop with HOM, using HDK when needed, and integrate tools into CG pipelines while maintaining a seamless Houdini user experience. 

Strong UX awareness, clear documentation, and a focus on usability and adoption are 
essential.
You’ll deliver clean, testable, and maintainable code aligned with Brahma AI 
standards.
While deep Houdini expertise isn’t required, familiarity with SOPs, ROPs, and 
LOPs is beneficial; CG production domain specialization is a plus. 

You’ll collaborate with artists, developers, and project managers, requiring excellent 
communication skills to plan roadmaps and drive innovation across the full software lifecycle 
(design, develop, test, deploy and support). 

Must Have 
● Degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience 
● Strong Python and/or C++ skills 
● 3+ years experience developing in Houdini with HOM, VEX, and/or HDK 
● Experience developing solutions for FX, Simulation, Lighting and/or Crowds 
● Linux development experience 
● Team-based development and source control experience 
Nice to Have 
● Experience developing machine learning models 
● Experience developing AI-based solutions 
● Experience with unit/integration testing 
● VFX/FX and Houdini workflow knowledge 
● Experience with USD, Qt, Pybind11/Boost.Python 
● Familiarity with build systems 
● Experience with other DCC tools (e.g., Maya, Nuke, Mari, Adobe suite) 
DNEG Dedicated Unit (DDU)
The DDU operates within BRAHMA AI and works closely with DNEG to develop technology 
used directly in production.

The team builds tools, platforms and workflows that support VFX and Feature Animation 
pipelines across DNEG’s global studios.

Much of the work focuses on artist-facing tools, large production pipelines, simulation and 
rendering workflows, and systems that need to run reliably across distributed teams.