Systems Developer

Scanline VFX, a Netflix Company, is an award-winning, global leader in the visual effects industry with studios in 7 core locations. From humble beginnings over 30 years ago, we’ve grown to a team of over 1,400 made up of diverse nationalities from around the world. Underpinned by a commitment to innovation, Eyeline Studios, Scanline’s virtual production division, is rethinking the future of real-time filmmaking by providing content creators with unmatched flexibility.

Come and join an innovative and collaborative team and be challenged to do the best work of your career!

We currently offer hybrid, on-site and remote work opportunities.

The senior systems developer is part of our engineering team and is responsible for developing and maintaining internal software. Specific areas of focus include configuration management, workflow automation, system monitoring, storage/data management and render farm (compute) management.

We are looking for experienced candidates who have previous experience developing software in a fast paced production environment. VFX or animation studio experience is nice to have but not essential. There is a large existing Python codebase, so we are looking for candidates with production experience in Python.

The engineering team works closely with other technical groups including the pipeline and virtual production development teams to design and build solutions to support the needs of our busy global VFX and virtual production studio.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develops and maintains software to provide workflow automation and systems infrastructure and monitoring
• Works with technical and creative teams to identify inefficiencies and opportunities to automate workflows
• Collaborates with pipeline and virtual production teams to build the infrastructure services required by their respective systems

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Minimum (3) years of experience using Python in a production environment
• Experience working in a cross-platform environment (Windows, Linux, macOS)
• Exposure to devops-style workflows including git, Jenkins, ansible and other tooling
• Exposure or background in SRE or systems administration
• Nice to have: experience with other scripting languages such as bash or PowerShell
• Nice to have: experience working in a VFX or similar creative environment in a systems or development role
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to clearly articulate technical concepts to a range of audiences
• Experience working on an internationally distributed team is a plus

BENEFITS
We offer extended medical, disability and dental insurance.

APPLICATION

Please only apply once. We keep your application details on file for both current and future job opportunities. If you are applying to more than one position, use the same email address on all applications. Only re-apply if your details have recently changed.