Responsibilities
- Develop, test and deploy global and core technologies that support all the productions
- Follows design patterns and team technical guidelines
- Partners with artists, show TDs, and other engineers to iterate, debug, document, and refine tools and processes for feature film production
- Reports to the Production Technology Supervisor on the status of technical development projects, tool performance, production operations and support statuses
- Continually examines production’s user experiences, satisfaction, and level of understanding to identify areas of improvement to the production pipelines
- Strong project management skills; being self-motivated, organized, resourceful and prudent, supported with excellent communication skills
- Works together within the TD team, sharing ideas, support, guidance, and instruction to the more junior members of the team
Requirements
- 6+ years in visual effects or animation industries
- BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience
- Deep understanding of the 3D animated film production pipelines, and workflows (artistic and technical)
- Proven expertise in Python
- Priority given towards experience building tools for Houdini
- Experience building tools for Maya and Nuke
- Experience in Linux operating systems
- Experience in C++, Rust is a plus
- Experience working with version control systems (Git)
- Experience with Renderman is a plus
- Ability to document digital processes and technical solutions
- Practical knowledge in continuous delivery and agile methodologies
- Applies innovative processes and techniques by bringing new ideas or solutions
- Highly skilled in expressing, transmitting and presenting new ideas in presentations or in writing to clearly articulate strategic ideas
- Able to clearly communicate project statuses to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Makes the team goal a priority and expresses positive expectations
- Delivers assigned duties with the quality level required and on time with high levels of professionalism, completeness, commitment and strong work ethic
- Clearly meets the expectations on the duties assigned with low supervision, encouraging and inspiring some other less experienced colleagues to do so
- Acts as mentor inside and outside their team, establishing an effective working relationship and a fluid communication environment, contributing to the individual and group achievement of objectives
- Exemplifies a strong work ethic
- Advanced English level; Spanish oral and written skills is a plus
What We Do
About Skydance Media Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, and interactive platforms. Its feature films include Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Annihilation, LIFE, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Star Trek Beyond, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and True Grit. Skydance’s upcoming film releases include Top Gun: Maverick, Gemini Man, The Old Guard, 6 Underground and the nwe untitled Terminator film. In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance Television launched in 2013. Its current slate includes Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie on Netflix, Altered Carbon on Netflix, Jack Ryan on Amazon, and Condor on AT&T Audience Network. Skydance Interactive launched in 2016 to create and publish original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Skydance Interactive recently debuted its first original title – Archangel, a story-driven VR shooter. About Skydance Interactive Skydance Interactive creates and publishes original and IP-based virtual reality games. The division of Skydance Media was launched in 2016 through the acquisition of The Workshop Entertainment. Skydance Interactive’s first VR offering is Archangel, launched on July 18th 2017. Skydance Interactive in 2017 partnered with Skybound Entertainment to develop a number of original virtual reality video games based on the expansive world of The Walking Dead universe. The Walking Dead VR game will be the inaugural co-developed title from both companies. The studio is located in Marina del Rey, CA. About Animation In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance’s first three animated features are Luck, Split (working title), and Powerless (working title). Luck, directed by Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, is a comedy that pulls back the curtain on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly
