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San Francisco, California - United States
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Creative Technology Associate

Description

The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences. Bring your individual talents here and discover for yourself why a career with Disney is the opportunity you’ve been looking for.
 
“It takes people to make the dream a reality.” Walt was on to something when he said that, and it continues to ring true today. No matter the stage in your career, being a part of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts means being a part of a team where you help bring innovation to life through unsurpassed products, services and most importantly remarkable experiences. As a Cast Member you are the steward and connection to our legacy and the backbone of our thriving innovations. Join our team and watch your dreams come true.
The Creative Technology team of Walt Disney Imagineering is looking for an entry level programmer to help with day to day technical responsibilities of the team. The Creative Technology Group is a collection of technologists and artists working within Imagineering to create and deploy technology tools to help increase Imagineers capabilities and efficiencies. The northern California office will focus on working with Lucas Film and Industrial Light and Magic to generate new workflows and proof-of-concepts to aid in themepark and transmedia development.

Responsibilities:

  • Virtual Reality application programming
  • Aiding in creation of technology heavy proof of concepts.
  • Digital pipeline tools development for 3d media generation and/or architecture.
  • Aiding in troubleshooting previously built proofofconcepts.
  • Basic Qualifications:

  • Candidate should be a proficient programmer in both high level languages such as Python and lower level languages such as C/C++
  • Be a strong communicator (written and spoken)
  • Strong computer graphics knowledge
  • Comfortable with computer hardware
  • Ability to learn APIs and new SDKs quickly
  • Understanding of digital art pipeline.
  • Preferred Qualifications:

  • Virtual Reality experience
  • Shader programming. (GLSL/HLSL/Cg)
  • General Web programming (HTML5/CSS3, Javascript, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, Django)
  • Game Engine other than Unity experience
  • Computer Vision experience
  • Robotics programming
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