Pipeline Technical Director

The Walt Disney Company; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pipeline TD role at Lucasfilm Visual Effects (India) Private Limited, part of The Walt Disney Company, focuses on building and maintaining CG pipeline tools to support artists in a fast-paced VFX environment in Mumbai. You will provide frontline support, automate workflows, and collaborate with global teams across ILM studios.

Candidates should have at least 5 years of VFX pipeline experience, strong Python, Linux, and scripting skills, and familiarity with Maya, Nuke, Houdini, Katana, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining tools for computer graphics environments.
• At least 5 years of production experience in visual effects for film, commercials, or television.
• Proficiency in Linux and advanced Python scripting.

Responsibilities

• Develop pipeline and asset management tools to meet production demands and maintain workflows.
• Provide front-line production support, troubleshoot assets and shots, and assist artists.
• Test and validate tools; collaborate with engineering on releases and updates.
• Serve as on-call resource for show production staff.
• Collaborate with artists and technical staff across ILM studios in SF, Vancouver, Singapore, and London.
• Contribute to tools that improve asset setup, caching, and shot-data handoff.
• Identify priorities with show supervisors and work autonomously.

Skills

Linux

Python scripting

Cross-disciplinary communication

Troubleshooting

Detail orientation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field

Tools

Maya

Nuke

Houdini

Katana

RenderMan

C/C++

Job description

Job ID 10163224 Location Mumbai, India Business Industrial Light & Magic Date posted Oct. 22, 2026

The Pipeline TD is responsible for developing and maintaining software tools, providing front-line support to artists, and general troubleshooting of the CG pipeline in a fast-paced, feature film visual effects production environment. The primary focus is ensuring artist efficiency. Receives day-to-day direction and priorities from show CG Supervisor; reports to R&D supervisor for technical and career guidance.

Primary Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Develop pipeline and asset management tools to meet immediate, show-directed production demands, ensuring facility-wide consistency as directed by show and technical supervisors. Help maintain a wide array of existing workflows and scripts.
• Provide front-line production support across a wide range of disciplines, troubleshoot assets and shots, and help artists with general problem-solving. Monitor email requests, package up problems and redirect to the appropriate engineering team.
• Test and validate tools and techniques in production. Work closely with engineering teams in testing, and releasing new and modified software systems.
• Act as an on-call resource for show production staff.
• Collaborate effectively with artists, production supervisors, and technical staff across ILM studios in San Francisco, Vancouver, Singapore, and London.
• When not crewed to shows, serve on software teams working on projects that improve the efficiency of asset setup, caching, and shot-data handoff between artists across the entire pipeline.
• Identify day-to-day priorities in conjunction with show supervisors; act autonomously.
• Work primarily on tools of a high degree of complexity, requiring broad understanding of the larger pipeline.
• Assist junior Pipeline TDs in providing front-line support; resolve complex user errors; guide Pipeline Engineers and R&D with debugging technical issues.
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of software and systems; contribute to evolving standards and conventions used in production.
• Update documentation for the pipeline and tools to reflect any changes that are made.

Education/Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining tools for use in a computer graphics environment.
• At least 5 years production experience in visual effects for film, commercials or television.
• Proficiency in Linux
• Advanced Python scripting required
• Experience in one or more of Maya, Nuke, Houdini, Mari, Katana, RenderMan or similar
• Ability to communicate cross-discipline and provide innovative solutions to pipeline issues.
• Detail oriented and strong self-sufficient troubleshooter.
• Thorough understanding of the entire visual effects process, from shooting to modeling and texturing, animation, rendering and compositing
• Experience with production database systems
• Experience with C, C++
• Experience with Windows development and applications such as 3ds max a plus.

Required Skills/Competencies

• Proficiency in Linux
• Advanced Python scripting required
• Experience in one or more of Maya, Nuke, Houdini, Mari, Katana, RenderMan or similar
• Ability to communicate cross-discipline and provide innovative solutions to pipeline issues.
• Detail oriented and strong self-sufficient troubleshooter.
• Thorough understanding of the entire visual effects process, from shooting to modeling and texturing, animation, rendering and compositing

Preferred Skills/Competencies

• Experience with production database systems
• Experience with C, C++
• Experience with Windows development and applications such as 3ds max a plus.

Note: Thetitle and level will be determined commensurate to experience.

Disclaimer

This position is with Lucasfilm Visual Effects (India) Private Limited, which is part of a business we call Industrial Light & Magic.

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