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Position Description

The Production Engineer I – Production Tools – develops and maintains the editorial, element ingest, media generation and delivery pipeline for VFX production, and ensures it is running smoothly and efficiently. The Production Engineer I will be active in both development projects and artist support.

As part of the Production Tools Engineering Team, the Production Engineer I creates tools and defines the workflows for our partner’s media management pipeline. This includes the tools used to ingest and track plates and reference materials from on set, the generation and management of media used for both internal and client reviews, as well as the tools to process and track the delivery of final frames and associated media to their clients.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development of workflow and tools, under the guidance of a project lead

• Create new tools and workflows

• Receive general instructions on work and new assignments

• Advises/assist other engineers with maintenance and bug fixing of existing tools

• Serve as a knowledge resource for workflow and tools used in production

• Provide assistance to local productions to keep the pipeline running smoothly

• Work with artists and productions to develop efficient workflows and assisting tools

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and oral

• Bachelor’s degree in Computing Science or Graphics discipline, OR equivalent professional experience

• Proven experience in the visual effects or computer animation industries

• A clear and concise communicator: ability to keep end users informed of progress and managers informed of requests

• Nice to have, but not required:

  • Experience with OpenColorIO and OpenImageIO APIs

  • Experience developing with C++

  • Experience with database technologies such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB or Redis

  • Experience developing against and/or deploying Amazon Web Services

  • VFX, Feature Animation or Episodic production experience

    
    

Who can apply?

You can apply if:

• You are a refugee, stateless person or in a situation where you are displaced from your home country

For more details about eligibility, please visit this page. We review our applicants on an individual basis, so if you think you might be eligible, message us on Facebook.

Deadline to apply: May 2, 2022

About Talent Beyond Boundaries

Talent Beyond Boundaries envisions a world where forcibly displaced people can use their skills and talents to move to secure futures.

We are a nonprofit organization committed to opening labor mobility pathways for refugees and other displaced people. We link those who are displaced by conflict with jobs in countries around the world where their skills are needed, and we facilitate their visas for them to work abroad.