Spring / Summer Intern - Production Engineering

Job Description

Position Summary

16 weeks, paid internship, commencing Spring/Summer 2023.

Production Engineers create and maintain software used by other developers and artists within ILM. This spans infrastructure such as our media creation pipeline, software building, deployment and monitoring, as well as artist-facing tooling in digital content creation software such as Maya, Nuke, and Katana.

This internship will give you a chance to get familiar with a professional engineering environment, mentorship from leaders in this industry, and a hand in the development of a project during your internship. This is a great opportunity to develop professional interpersonal skills, as well as practical experience in this field.

What You'll Do
Develop tools and/or services for the Production Engineering team
Contribute to daily operational tasks, including maintenance, general troubleshooting and bug fixes
Participate in the development of a project within the Production Engineering team

What We're Looking For
Pursuing a degree in, or recent graduate (within 1 year) of Computer Science, or technology related field
Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively interact with diverse personalities
Strong time management skills; Ability to multi-task and prioritize
Proven ability to work autonomously and in team settings with a positive, pro-active attitude
Proven development experience on a completed team or solo project
Proven knowledge and experience with Linux
Python programming and experience developing distributed systems
Familiarity with film and video postproduction and/or computer graphics techniques highly desired
Knowledge of digital content creation software, e.g. Maya, Houdini
Working knowledge of one or more Python-based web frameworks; Django, Flask, etc
Working knowledge of various data store technologies, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL or redis

JoinILM

This position is with ILM (Vancouver) Inc., which is part of a business we call Industrial Light & Magic.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g3me29-3-142-195-24-42 in your application.