Software Engineer, Machinima Pipeline - Cinematics

Description

Blizzard Cinematics is seeking a talented software engineer to work in our R&D pipeline team, with an initial focus on supporting our machinima group.

The Cinematics machinima group focuses on fast, high volume work with reuse of in-game assets and in-game engine renders.  Flexibility, adaptability, and fast turnarounds are crucial for this role.

Pipeline's overall mission is to improve the communication, efficiency, and happiness of artists and engineers within the Cinematics department.  This team focuses on the department pipeline definition, 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 for asset tracking and pipeline workflow.
• Communicate with artistic departments to improve existing tools and create new solutions to production challenges.
• Support internal applications for asset management and production tracking.
• Discover and train others on best practices.
• Identify and resolve pipeline issues and discover opportunities for improvements.
• Work with the following technologies and toolsets:
• 3dsmax
• Maya
• Python
• PySide / PyQt
• SQL

• Passion for tools development and tool chains
• A minimum of 3 years’ Python experience
• Attitude geared towards helping, supporting, and training others

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, math, related field or equivalent work experience
• Experience with film / television style VFX or CG animation pipelines
• Experience with game engines and their surrounding tooling
• Strong investigation and debugging skills

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

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