Staff Software Engineer - USD Authoring & Production Tools

Disney Entertainment; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 156,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

Walt Disney Animation Studios is seeking an engineer to join its Production Technology team in California. You will design and implement workflows, APIs, and tools across core libraries and user interfaces, collaborating with artists, production leadership, and cross-site engineers.

The role emphasizes architecture, API design, and leadership of multi-disciplinary teams, with a track record of 7+ years building interactive tools and a BS in CS or related field.

Qualifications

• 7+ years designing and developing interactive tools, 3+ years in senior technical roles
• Architectural leadership for core frameworks, data models, GUI toolkits, and engines
• Experience designing APIs from scratch and extending existing frameworks
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements and guide cross-disciplinary teams
• Strong communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

• Design and implement innovative workflows and state-of-the-art solutions for production pipelines.
• Lead development from architectural design to implementation and adoption with stakeholders.
• Collaborate with artists, production leadership, TDs, and cross-site engineers.
• Develop APIs and core libraries, and create artist-facing tools for content creation.
• Integrate new external DCCs into the pipeline and extend in-house frameworks.

Skills

C++

Python

USD

Qt

API design

Leadership

Collaboration

Education

BS in Computer Science/Engineering

Job description

Walt Disney Animation Studios is seeking an engineer to join its Production Technology team in California. You will design and implement workflows, APIs, and tools across core libraries and user interfaces, collaborating with artists, production leadership, and cross-site engineers.

The role emphasizes architecture, API design, and leadership of multi-disciplinary teams, with a track record of 7+ years building interactive tools and a BS in CS or related field.