Pipeline Software Engineer

With offices in London, LA and Vancouver, MPC is one of the world's leading visual effects studios creating high-end VFX for the television and feature film industries. Managing large numbers of digital assets and developing cutting edge productivity tools is vital to our continued success. This is the responsibility of our Pipeline Engineering team where our Vancouver studio now seeks to appoint a Pipeline Software Engineer develop our workflow and asset management tools to meet the needs of upcoming film productions. Primary responsibilities include:

• Design and develop software to address evolving production demands
• Help maintain existing workflow and asset management tools
• Provide support to artists needing assistance to solve challenging problems
• Develop in-house software as part of a team.
• Technical and user documentation.
• Build relationships with key artists and production staff.
• Ensure that developments are consistent with overall software strategy.

We are looking for the following experience and skills:

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Proven experience developing in a Linux environment, ideally with C++.
• Knowledge of scripting language required, Python a strong advantage.
• Experience of technologies relating to GUI design and content or asset management an advantage, as is knowledge of RDBMS such as MySQL.
• Experience in the design of process management and collaborative workflow software across a distributed environment.
• Experience of working in a complex software environment.
• Knowledge of developing with 3D packages such as Autodesk Maya is an advantage.
• Previous experience of post-production, VFX and CG is highly desirable.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in the dynamic world of visual effects on some of the biggest feature films of the next few years. If you are a talented developer looking for an opportunity to work with cutting edge technology then please apply.