Software Engineer, Pipeline - Cinematics

Description

Blizzard Entertainment cinematics is seeking a talented software engineer to work in our R&D Pipeline team. Our mission is to improve the communication, efficiency, and happiness for artists and engineers within the cinematics department. This team focuses on the department asset system, production tracking, software build / deployment, and related tools.

This is a full-time, staff position at our office in Irvine, California.

Responsibilities

•  Design and maintain software libraries used by the rest of the department.
• Communicate with artistic departments to improve existing tools and create new solutions to production challenges.
• Create and maintain tools for software builds and deployment.
• Support internal web applications for asset management and production tracking.
• Discover and train others on best practices.
• Identify and resolve pipeline issues and discover opportunities for improvements.

Requirements

•  Passion for tools development and tool chains
• A minimum of 3 years’ of Python experience
• Experience working with build systems (any of Scons, Make, CMake, waf)
• Attitude geared towards helping, supporting, and training others

 Pluses

• Experience with film / television VFX or CG animation pipelines
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, math, related field or equivalent work experience
• Strong investigation and debugging skills
• Experience with the following technologies:

• Git
• PyQt or PySide
• JavaScript / HTML5
• Jenkins
• Shotgun
• SQL
• C++
• Linux systems

Required Application Materials

• Resume
• Cover Letter which should include:
• Why you are interested in working at Blizzard
• What games you are currently playing

To apply

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