Blender Pipeline Architect - Contract, Fully Remote

Glitch Productions; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Competitive salary

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Glitch Productions seeks a skilled pipeline technical director to build a Blender-based production pipeline from scratch for a fixed-term project. You will stand up the pipeline, establish testing workflows, and document how the system integrates with Maya and other tools.

This remote, contract-based engagement offers hands-on work with a focus on reliable, well-documented workflows. You bring deep Blender expertise, strong Python development skills, and a track record of migrating pipelines

Qualifications

• Proven experience building production pipelines from ground up.
• Hands-on migration of pipelines between tools/DCCs.
• Senior-level technical direction in a VFX/animation/game pipeline.
• Deep Blender expertise with scripting and automation.
• Strong collaboration with artists and production staff.
• Excellent documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Build the Blender production pipeline and interfacing tools.
• Design and test production data handoffs between Maya and Blender.
• Set up test scenes, materials, and characters; run workflow tests.
• Document the pipeline, tooling, and workflows for onboarding.
• Support department leads and triage issues during the engagement.

Skills

Blender expert

Pipeline construction

Python scripting

VFX production

Documentation

Tools

Blender Python API

USD

Alembic

OCIO/ACES

Job description

Glitch Productions seeks a skilled pipeline technical director to build a Blender-based production pipeline from scratch for a fixed-term project. You will stand up the pipeline, establish testing workflows, and document how the system integrates with Maya and other tools.

This remote, contract-based engagement offers hands-on work with a focus on reliable, well-documented workflows. You bring deep Blender expertise, strong Python development skills, and a track record of migrating pipelines