Software Engineer Rendering - Netflix Animation Studios

Netflix Animation Studios Canada ULC; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 124,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision benefits

Retirement programs

Paid leave and time off

Job summary

Netflix Animation Studios is seeking a Software Engineer to join the core R&D team and advance Glimpse, the company’s proprietary rendering software. You will help design, implement, and optimize the rendering engine, shading system, and scene representation for high-quality, photorealistic visuals.

You’ll collaborate with artists and engineers in a dynamic hybrid Vancouver-based environment, delivering production-ready features with strong mathematical and programming foundations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of C++ rendering software in HPC environments.
• Master’s or PhD in CS/Math/Physics/Engineering.
• Background in film/animation/visualization or strong graphics focus.
• Strong math skills; Monte Carlo & importance sampling knowledge.
• Experience with shading/raytracing on parallel CPUs/GPUs.
• Proficiency in shading tech: RSL, OSL, GLSL.
• Good communication in production environments.
• Familiarity with Houdini & Maya APIs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize the core renderer, scene representation, and sampling engine.
• Create and maintain tools used in lighting, shading, and compositing workflows.
• Collaborate with artists and engineers to deploy features into production.

Skills

C++ rendering

Monte Carlo methods

Parallel programming

Real-time rendering

Shader languages

Communication

Education

Master’s or PhD in CS/Math/Physics/Engineering

Tools

Houdini API

Maya API

Embree

OIIO/OpenPGL

Job description

Netflix Animation Studios is on a mission to entertain the world with bold, immersive animated films that are timeless and impactful. We are paving the way for the future of animation by building a community of amazing artists and talent across three vibrant locations globally. Come join us!

Job Summary

Are you a Software Engineer interested in joining our core R&D group to develop and enhance our proprietary rendering software (Glimpse); including our state-of-the-art rendering engine, shading system, and scene representation? If the answer is yes, then read on! For more information on Glimpse

What You’ll Do

• Work on all aspects of the renderer, including scene representation, render and sampling engine, raytracer, shading system: everything required for generating highly realistic images for our films.
• Create and maintain tools that are directly used in our lighting, shading, and compositing workflows.
• Closely collaborate with technically minded artists to design, implement and rapidly deploy into production.
• Be part of a small, dynamic and self-motivated team of individuals with varied backgrounds.
• Take on responsibility, get stuff done, and make our artists happy!
• Collaborate with grace, humility, inclusion, and open-mindedness.

What You’ll Need

• 5+ years’ experience developing 3D rendering software using C++ in high performance computing environments.
• Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Have a background in film, animation, television, visualization, games, or come fresh out of academia with a strong focus on computer graphics.
• Strong mathematical skills and familiarity with numerical methods, probability and statistics used for rendering such as Monte Carlo integration and importance sampling
• A talent and passion for optimisation and a working knowledge of efficient spatial data structures.
• A thorough understanding of photorealistic rendering, light transport and global illumination techniques.
• A passion for algorithms, optimization, and data structures.
• Working knowledge of shading technologies such as RSL, OSL, GLSL
• An ability to work in a challenging environment, take direction and possess good communication skills.
• Willingness to work in a highly dynamic production environment and collaborate with artistic staff.
• Real-time rendering experience.
• Exposure to raytracing and shading technologies such as Embree and OIIO/OpenPGL/RSL/OSL/GLSL.
• Experience with developing shading or raytracing algorithms on massively parallel architectures such as multi-threaded CPUs and GPUs.
• Practice in writing high performance code, vectorized code, with a good understanding of parallel programming, compilers and optimization.
• Familiarity with DCC applications such as Houdini and Maya, including their APIs.
• Excellent verbal, written, and e-social communication skills.

This role is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Hybrid Role (Minimum of 3 days a week in the office).

At NAS, we carefully consider a wide range of compensation factors to determine your compensation. We rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, location, skills, and experience. The overall market range for this role is typically $124,000 - $179,000 CAD. This reflects total compensation; we do not have stock options.

• NAS benefits can include medical/dental/vision plans, mental health support, retirement programs, and family-forming benefits, paid leave of absence programs, and paid time away programs to be used for vacation and sick paid time off.

See more detail about our benefits here.

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

At Netflix, we want to entertain the world. Whatever your taste, and no matter where you live, we give you access to best-in-class TV series, documentaries, feature films and games. Our members control what they want to watch, when they want it, in one simple subscription. We’re streaming in more than 30 languages and 190 countries, because great stories can come from anywhere and be loved everywhere. We are the world’s biggest fans of entertainment, and we’re always looking to help you find your next favorite story.