Staff Software Engineer - User Interfaces

Job Description

At Walt Disney Animation Studios we have a deep commitment to the philosophy that creativity inspires technology, and technology inspires creativity. Engineers in our Production Technology department are charged with developing and implementing new algorithms to solve unique and challenging problems for all of our animated content. We do this working alongside a user base that shares a collaborative environment with us, and uses the code we develop daily.

We are looking for an engineer to join our Production Technology team, targeting tool development in multiple domains. In this role, you will partner with artists, production and technology leadership, technical directors, cross-team software engineers, and other technologists and researchers across the Walt Disney Studios. You will be on the bleeding edge designing and implementing innovative workflows and state of the art solutions motivated by our new long term vision for Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Responsibilities:

Projects Include
• Display and interaction of all asset and shot data
• Tools to build assets and assemblies from components
• Novel user interfaces to interact with assets and assemblies across the entire production timeline
• New approaches for building modular materials with reusable components
• Innovative visualization of all subcomponents of assets, shots, and sequences
• Data interaction graphs navigating relationships, connections, and dependencies

What does it mean to be a developer here at WDAS?
• Our engineers get the opportunity to work on the full stack of our tools, from developing the underlying algorithms through building intuitive artist-friendly interfaces.
• Work hand in hand with artists to make the tools we need for the incredibly complex and rich characters and environments featured in our movies.
• Develop on top of a highly performant, extendable in-house application framework.
• Develop new artist-centric interaction models using the latest hardware and technologies.

Key Qualifications
• Proficiency in C++, ideally C++11/14
• Experience with scripting languages including Python
• Experience building clean interfaces using Qt
• Extensive experience designing APIs from scratch as well as designing APIs that extend existing frameworks while maintaining established patterns and architecture
• The ability to quickly produce clear, testable code
• Understanding of the importance of performant solutions for user interaction
• Excellent problem solving, troubleshooting and debugging skills
• Ability to collaborate with team members across different disciplines including directly interfacing with stakeholders to understand requirements
• Exemplary communication, teamwork and problem solving skills, balancing the timeliness of solutions with their sustainability. Able to prioritize competing demands based on business value.
• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Bonus Qualifications
• Understanding of computer graphics foundational concepts, and algorithms
• Knowledge of animation, graphics techniques and algorithms
• Strong mathematical fundamentals, including linear algebra and numerical methods
• Strong understanding of coding process, standards, continuous integration and testing principles
• Experience in technical leadership
• Experience with Universal Scene Description (USD)
• Masters in Computer Science

Additional Information:

DISNEYTECH

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