This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Design and create tools using Python and Qt/PySide, as well as desktop applications and DCC integrations.

• Collaborate directly with artists, technical artists, and engineers to identify production challenges and develop effective software solutions.

• Enhance current tools and workflows emphasizing usability, reliability, performance, and speed of iteration.

• Build integrations across various DCC applications, production systems, and real-time environments.

• Investigate innovative methods for content creation and workflow automation, including agentic AI systems that can aid with repetitive or multi-step production tasks.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of professional experience in tools engineering, pipeline engineering, technical art engineering, or a related software development field within games, VFX, animation, or real-time production.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Proficient in Python development, with expertise in software architecture, debugging, testing, and API design.

• Extensive experience in creating desktop tools and user interfaces using Qt, PySide, PyQt, or similar frameworks.

• Familiarity with integrating DCC applications such as Maya, Houdini, Substance, Blender, Photoshop, or comparable tools.

• Experience in developing production integrations or tools for real-time engines like Unreal Engine.

• Knowledge of asset pipelines, source control, validation, metadata, and publishing workflows.

• Proven experience working with artists and translating production needs into effective technical solutions.

• Background in C++ application or plugin development.

• Experience in creating tools and integrations across multiple DCC applications and production systems, along with real-time rendering or game engine tools development.

• Experience in applying machine learning or agentic AI to artist workflows, production automation, or content creation.

• Previous involvement in supporting AAA game development or similarly complex real-time production environments.