Senior Unreal Pipeline Engineer - Real-Time Animation Tools

The Walt Disney Company; Glendale (CA); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company in Glendale, CA is seeking a Senior Unreal Pipeline Engineer to design and deliver end-to-end real-time content pipeline tools that support artists and production teams.

You will drive architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate across Production Technology and Studio Operations to ensure robust tool chains with Unreal Engine, Maya, and asset pipelines, while upholding coding standards and scalable practices.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of professional software engineering experience with production tools or pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with Unreal Engine, including editor tooling, plugins, or runtime systems.
• Strong programming skills in C++ and Python for pipeline automation and tool development.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize high-performance, stable, and scalable pipeline systems and real-time tooling for enterprise deployment.
• Lead architecture discussions across the Unreal Engine and content-creation tool chain, contributing innovative solutions and technical improvements.
• Ramp up quickly on existing pipeline software and Unreal projects to deliver integrated solutions, mentoring others in engineering best practices.
• Analyze production pipeline procedures and problems, recommending and implementing improvements to real-time content creation, asset management, workflow automation, and data flow.
• Take ownership of developing new features, tools, and systems across the end-to-end tool chain, ensuring technical quality and alignment with production needs.
• Support systems and services during production incidents, collaborating with creative and technical teams to resolve issues and maintain stability during high-demand production cycles.
• Mentor and support engineers and technical artists, sharing expertise and fostering technical growth.
• Facilitate code review processes, setting standards and building consensus on quality and design, including governance of AI-assisted code generation.

Skills

Unreal Engine

C++

Python

Maya

Asset pipeline

Git workflows

Perforce

Docker

Kubernetes

AI-assisted coding

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Perforce

ShotGrid

Unreal plugins

Qt

REST/GraphQL

Job description

The Walt Disney Company in Glendale, CA is seeking a Senior Unreal Pipeline Engineer to design and deliver end-to-end real-time content pipeline tools that support artists and production teams.

You will drive architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate across Production Technology and Studio Operations to ensure robust tool chains with Unreal Engine, Maya, and asset pipelines, while upholding coding standards and scalable practices.