Pipeline Technical Director, Level II Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Pipeline Technical Director, Level II to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Test and validate tools and techniques in production. Work closely with engineering teams in testing, and releasing new and modified software systems;
- Work primarily on tools of a high degree of complexity, requiring broad understanding of the larger pipeline;
- Identify day-to-day priorities in conjunction with show supervisors; act autonomously;
- Update documentation for the pipeline and tools to reflect any changes that are made;
- Act as an on-call resource for show production staff, primarily for complex, urgent problems;
- Develop comprehensive knowledge of software and systems; contribute to evolving standards and conventions used in production.
Requirements:
- Experience in one or more of Maya, Nuke, Houdini, Mari, Katana, RenderMan or similar;
- Detail oriented and strong self-sufficient trouble shooter;
- Thorough understanding of the entire visual effects process, from shooting to modeling and texturing, animation, rendering and compositing;
- Experience with production database systems;
- Ability to communicate cross-discipline and provide innovative solutions to pipeline issues;
- Proficiency in Linux;
- Experience with Windows development and applications such as 3ds max a plus;
- Experience with C, C++
- Advanced Python scripting required.