Software Engineer, Lighting & Look Development

Description

THE PRODUCT.

KATANA®'s highly efficient, collaborative approach to lighting and look development gives you the creative scope and scalability to meet the needs of today’s most demanding CG-rendering projects.

Equally suited to both short and long-form animation and VFX projects, KATANA’s unique design lets you work with massive scenes and high volumes of shots; easily reuse looks; and make revisions without repeating scene setup work, so you can spend more time achieving higher quality results.

THE ROLE.

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join the existing KATANA team. In a nutshell, you are a seasoned C++ application developer with proven experience and thorough knowledge of software engineering best practice. You’ll have worked in the VFX space for a number of years, and understand the problems that Katana solves,, becoming a hub of knowledge and experience in how we evolve the codebase. You’ll also be an important advocate of our users and their support teams within the engineering team, having experienced life in production.

Collaborating with the project Lead Engineer, your daily work will involve the design, implementation, documentation and testing of C++ and/or Python code. You will be liaising with other engineers in the team and Project Manager as necessary to ensure that the code meets the requirements of the customer and is delivered in a timely fashion.

THE REQUIREMENTS.

Good communication skills, well organised, good time management
Strong leadership skills, and the desire to learn and mentor those around you
Experience of commercial software development and best practice
Excellent C++, including knowledge of development tools and processes
Knowledge of the VFX post-production pipeline, including 3D applications, renderers, compositing techniques, and 2D/3D paint packages
Experience in 3D graphics and rendering technologies, either real-time or ray tracing
Good track record of creative problem solving
Successful experience of working and assuming responsibility in a development team
Knowledge of Python, including development processes and tools
Experience of cross-OS development including Windows, Linux, and OSX

PERKS & BENEFITS.

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Pension scheme & life assurance

Health cash plan & medical insurance,

Season ticket loan

Company’s social events

Beer O’Clock Fridays

Gym memberships

Learning & development plans

Foundry’s discount & saving scheme

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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