Core Software Engineer
Pixar
Emeryville, CAThis was removed by the employer on 7/12/2018 9:06:00 AM PST
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Core Software Engineer (Presto Evaluation Engine)
Our Software R&D team is responsible for developing Pixar's open source and in-house software to support the making of our animated films. As a Core Software Engineer, you will work on developing and improving the performance of our internal software to support our Production departments.
We work very closely with both artists and engineers to build innovative filmmaking tools that enable our film production and continuously extend artistic reach. You would collaborate with us in a cross-functional team of developers, and help design and implement robust, easy-to-maintain code. If you love writing high performance and high quality C code, and live or would like to live in the San Francisco Bay Area, we would love to have you on the team.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Develop new features and maintain existing code for 3D animation software
• Profile performance-critical code paths and creatively optimize algorithms to enhance interactive user experiences
• Collaborate effectively with a team of engineers, QA, Build, UI, Doc and Project Management
• Partner with artists and technicians to contribute to world-class software and support film production
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Passionate about programming, especially with C
• Excitement for engineering best practices and passion for writing high-quality code with attention to detail
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Prior exposure to performance profiling tools (e.g., VTune, perf, MSVS profiler)
• Appreciation for performance tuning on modern microprocessor architectures
• Understanding of UNIX / Linux programming workflows is helpful