Pipeline Technical Director

Flight School Studio; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Reel FX in Montreal seeks a versatile developer to research, design, and deploy proprietary scripts, plugins, and applications that optimize the production pipeline. You will conduct ongoing research in industry technologies and apply practical solutions to improve efficiency and quality across projects.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years in production, plus expertise in Unreal Engine and CG workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Film, Animation, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years’ production experience.
• Working knowledge of Unix, Windows, and OSX platforms.
• Experience with both procedural and object-oriented programming languages, shader/plugin writing as well as shell/Perl/Python scripting.
• Experience with Unreal Engine.
• Production experience in layout, animation, modeling, texturing, rigging, fur/hair, cloth, effects, lighting, or compositing is preferred.
• Working knowledge of CG production workflow and methodologies.
• Knowledge of USD, Bash, C++, MEL, OpenColorIO, OpenTimelineIO, PostgreSQL, Generative AI.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the research, design, development, and deployment of proprietary scripts, plugins, and applications for the production pipeline.
• Conducts ongoing research in emerging industry technologies and development techniques, and determines practical applications for these advancements in order to improve production.
• Develops and executes test plans for tools, and performs regular evaluation of tool performance within the production pipeline.
• Studies patterns and trends, identifies common technical problems in a production, and recommends/implements new processes or workflows to address those problems.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Film, Animation, or equivalent experience

Tools

Unreal Engine

Maya

Katana

Arnold

Houdini

Substance

Nuke

Flow Production Tracking

Yeti

Atoms

Golaem

Deadline

RV

USD

Bash

C++

MEL

OpenColorIO

OpenTimelineIO

PostgreSQL

Generative AI

Unix

Windows

OSX

Job description

We’re excited to be back in our Montreal studio Tuesday thru Thursday… come join us!Responsible for the research, design, development, and deployment of proprietary scripts, plugins, and applications for the production pipeline.Conducts ongoing research in emerging industry technologies and development techniques, and determines practical applications for these advancements in order to improve production.Develops and executes test plans for tools, and performs regular evaluation of tool performance within the production pipeline.Studies patterns and trends, identifies common technical problems in a production, and recommends/implements new processes or workflows to address those problems.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the research, design, development, and deployment of proprietary scripts, plugins, and applications for the production pipeline.
• Conducts ongoing research in emerging industry technologies and development techniques, and determines practical applications for these advancements in order to improve production.
• Develops and executes test plans for tools, and performs regular evaluation of tool performance within the production pipeline.
• Studies patterns and trends, identifies common technical problems in a production, and recommends/implements new processes or workflows to address those problems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Film, Animation, or equivalent experience. Minimum 5 years’ production experience.
• Working knowledge of Unix, Windows, and OSX platforms
• Experience with both procedural and object-oriented programming languages, shader/plugin writing as well as shell/Perl/Python scripting.
• Experience with Unreal Engine.
• Production experience in one or more of the following areas is preferred: layout, animation, modeling, texturing, rigging, fur/hair, cloth, effects, lighting, or compositing.
• Working knowledge of CG production workflow and methodologies.
• Working knowledge of Maya, Katana, Arnold, Houdini, Substance, Nuke, Unreal, Flow Production Tracking, Yeti, Atoms, Golaem, Deadline, RV.
• Knowledge of USD, Bash, C++, MEL, OpenColorIO, OpenTimelineIO, PostgreSQL, Generative AI.

This job description is not meant to be all inclusive. Employees may be required to perform other duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. Please note that Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada will be treated in priority. Only the selected candidates will be contacted. Please note that you may be asked to provide references. Professional references may be requested.

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