Front-End Web Tools Engineer for Production Pipelines

OpenTalent; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

DreamWorks Animation in Glendale is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Web Tools team. You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Production on front-end web and native application development to support diverse production workflows.

You will participate in code reviews, design discussions, and rapid prototyping, while delivering clean, maintainable solutions and aligning with UX methodologies. This role emphasizes iterative improvement and mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of programming experience in HTML5, CSS3, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), Node.js, Python, Java, QT.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Production on the development of web-based and native application front end solutions
• Engage with fellow developers through code reviews, design discussions, demos, proposals, and rapid prototyping
• Dedication to an iterative development process driven by the goal to continuously improve the user experience across all types of production workflows
• Develop clean, maintainable, and documented solutions
• Collaborate with backend engineering teams through traces, metrics, and requirements to inform development priorities and to focus performance related development
• Deploy applications regularly adhering to studio standards and best practices
• Participate in requirements gathering to inform design and development
• Participate in user observation studies to be regularly evaluating how users work and identifying where improvements can be made
• Follow standard UX design methodologies throughout the development process
• Provide technical and architectural guidance to more junior engineers on team
• Collaborate with production and team’s project manager to devise and maintain feature roadmaps for studio web applications
• Act as a visual translator for complex Pipeline feature sets and requirements

Skills

HTML5

CSS3

TypeScript

JavaScript

Node.js

Python

Java

QT

Job description

DreamWorks Animation in Glendale is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Web Tools team. You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Production on front-end web and native application development to support diverse production workflows.

You will participate in code reviews, design discussions, and rapid prototyping, while delivering clean, maintainable solutions and aligning with UX methodologies. This role emphasizes iterative improvement and mentoring junior engineers.