Pipeline TD
Method Studios
Vancouver, BCThis was removed by the employer on 10/6/2016 3:48:00 PM PST
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Full Time Job
Pipeline TD/Developer
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Head of 3D, the Pipeline Technical Director/Developer will be involved in the creation and ongoing support of a large high-end visual effects pipeline and asset/project management system, as well as Maya or Houdini tools and utilities. This is a service-oriented role and the TD/Developer should have a helpful, patient and accommodating personality.
Duties
• Develop and maintain scripts, tools and utilities for Maya and/or Houdini artists.
• Work in and understand the Method proprietary pipeline. Help develop and maintain this pipeline.
• Create, package, and release tools and tool projects using Method proprietary technology.
• Assist artists in technical issues. Help to debug any Maya/Houdini-related or Method pipeline related issues. Help debug rendering and dispatching issues.
• Work as a ''triage'' TD from time-to-time, acting as the point person for any and all production-related queries to the pipeline department.
• Identify workflow inefficiencies and work with artists and other pipeline teams to build systems to improve these inefficiencies.
Qualifications
• 3 years of experience as a pipeline TD, experience in a VFX production environment
• Expert knowledge of Maya and/or Houdini
• Strong Python and mel scripting abilities
• Excellent problem-solving and interpersonal skills
• Bash/cshell/Linux knowledge
• Knowledge of render queuing software
• Some experience as a Maya and/or Houdini artist
• Good understanding of relational databases and/or SQL
• Experience in code-sharing, revision control
• Experience writing shaders for vray, Renderman, Mantra, Mental Ray or other production renderers an asset
• Undergraduate or Graduate degree in Computing Science a plus
• Knowledge of vray and mantra a plus
• Knowledge of Shotgun or asset management a plus
• Some knowledge of Nuke a plus
• C/C abilities a plus
This is a full-time position requiring some overtime.