Release DevOps Engineer

Scanline VFX; British Columbia; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading visual effects company as a DevOps Engineer, where you'll create and maintain automated pipelines that empower developers. This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment and has a passion for innovation. With a commitment to quality and creativity, you'll leverage your expertise in Python and Gitlab to enhance build systems and support a dynamic team. If you're ready to make a significant impact in the VFX industry and work alongside talented professionals, this opportunity is for you. Embrace the challenge and help shape the future of visual effects!

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Python development experience required.
• Expertise in automated build and deployment systems is essential.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain complex build, test, integration, and deployment pipelines.
• Improve developer velocity through automation of Gitlab tasks.

Skills

Python Development

CI/CD Processes

Gitlab Administration

Code Quality Enforcement

Docker

C++ Libraries

Cloud Deployments

Communication Skills

Tools

Gitlab

Docker

Job description

As a DevOps Engineer, you will support the team by creating and maintaining automated build, testing, and deployment pipelines. You will leverage your extensive knowledge of CI/CD processes and containerized build and deployment to help define best practices and enable other developers to focus on feature development. The ideal candidate is an experienced Gitlab administrator who worked as a Python developer and enjoys supporting a team of developers with rigorous and robust build systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain complex build, test, integration, and deployment pipelines
• Improve developer velocity through automation of Gitlab tasks
• Write technical briefs and user documentation
• Partner with software development leadership and pipeline team to identify and schedule tasks

Qualifications

• 3+ years Python development
• Expert with automated build and deployment systems in Gitlab or similar
• Experience enforcing code quality through testing and linting in the Python ecosystem
• Hands-on experience with Docker
• Familiarity with VFX pipelines and production needs
• Experience building C++ libraries
• Experience with Rez and/or Python build and distribution ecosystems
• Understanding of reverse-proxy and other techniques for making APIs accessible
• Working knowledge of cloud-based deployments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Salary: $90,000 - $150,000 a year. This salary range is specific to applicants applying to our position in Vancouver, BC. To determine your base salary, we consider your qualifications, skills, and experience. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary outside of this range and will also be dependent on your location.

About Us

Scanline VFX is an award-winning leader in the visual effects industry with 7 studios worldwide, including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich, Seoul, Stuttgart, and Vancouver. Since our beginning in 1989, we strive to set the highest standard of quality in everything we do. Through innovation, we generate solutions for our clients and raise the bar — both within our workplace and throughout our industry.

We look for explorers, people who are willing to go to new places and are open to testing, learning, and iterating as they go. We believe great ideas come from everyone, so we actively encourage team members to ask questions and present their ideas.

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Powered by Netflix

Netflix’s investment in our pipeline, infrastructure, and workforce allows us to continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in visual effects. In addition to working on projects for Netflix, we continue to work with a variety of long-standing and new clients.

Come as you are

We are committed to ensuring fair and equal treatment of your application. When you apply for a role with us, you will receive consideration based solely on your qualifications.

We will only consider applicants based in British Columbia, or those willing to relocate.