Environment Pipeline TD

• Work as a member of the Pipeline Department in close collaboration with the Asset team, specifically Environments
• Proactively engage in conversations with the environments team about workflow improvements
• Implement general and show-specific solutions and tools in Clarisse
• Improve and refactor existing code and tools
• Optimize the performance of existing Clarisse setups
• Debug and fix problematic scenes, setups and tools
• Evaluate and adopt new software and technologies to keep innovating environment workflows

• Strong communication and problem solving skills
• Ability to distill artist requirements into concise and clear specifications and tickets
• Proficiency in a Linux based development environment and bash
• Advanced knowledge of Python
• Fluent in the usage of version control systems (preferably git)
• Solid understanding of the VFX production workflow
• Experience in optimizing and debugging production scenes and improving their performance
• Up-to-date with the most recent industry trends and technologies (USD, MaterialX,etc.)

Nice to haves

• Professional experience of working in a Pipeline/Development team for an established VFX/CG company
• Experience with distributed scheduling systems (preferably Tractor)
• Hands-on experience in defining and implementing workflows within Clarisse, Houdini, or Maya.
• Practical knowledge as a Clarisse and/or Houdini artist; Shot work experience
• Knowledge of USD and its Python API
• Knowledge of databases and production management systems (preferably ftrack)
• Proficiency in additional programming languages: Bash, C/C++, OpenCL