Senior Software Engineer - Media Management Tools [Contract]

工作 ID 10124777 地點溫哥華, 加拿大 有意工作的公司 Walt Disney Animation Studios 日期已公佈 Jun. 18, 2025

申請

工作概要:

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, developing user-facing tools and back-end solutions for media management and video playback applications.

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 supporting the creation and maintenance of our playback and review tools, which are a critical part of our creative process. This is a highly collaborative role as you will be interfacing directly with your user base, and implementing groundbreaking features that will elevate the way we review and create animated content.

This is a 12 month, fixed-term contract position.

Projects Include

Develop and extend the API of dpix, our proprietary media management application.
Improve and create new customizations of RV, Autodesk’s Playback App, which includes: Advanced Color Pipeline, real-time synced reviews between desktop and mobile devices with highly-latent connections, and visual draw-over feedback

What does it mean to be a developer at Walt Disney Animation Studios?

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 and a team of cross-site developers to make the tools we need for the incredibly complex characters/environments featured in our content.
Develop on top of a highly performant, extendable in-house application framework.
Develop new artist-centric interaction models using the latest hardware and technologies.

You will succeed in this role if you have:

The ability to produce readable and testable code, with excellent problem solving, troubleshooting, and debugging skills
Excellent collaboration skills, including with end users, providing guidance and coordinating feedback
Ability to collaborate with team members across different disciplines
You care deeply about craftsmanship in your software, and can work backwards from the customer experience.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Key Qualifications:

5+ years designing and developing complex user-facing software, ideally in a studio environment
Proficiency in Python
Proficiency developing back-end data management solutions utilizing SQL and/or NoSQL databases

Bonus Qualifications:

An understanding of Studio production processes and workflows used in filmmaking
Familiarity with OpenColorIO, OpenImageIO, and/or OpenTimelineIO

Required Education

BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience.

The hiring range for this position in British Columbia, Canada is C$130,000 to C$157,000 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other variable pay or benefits, may be offered dependent on the level and position offered.

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關於Walt Disney Animation Studios:

將精湛的藝術和故事與突破性技術融合在一起，Walt Disney Animation Studios 是由一位電影製作人驅動的動畫工作室，負責創作一些最受歡迎的電影。從 1937 年第一部全動畫故事片 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs，即將推出的 2024 年秋季功能, Moana 2，Disney Animation 將源源不絕的創新與創意延續傳承。這個動畫工作室的不朽創作包括 Pinocchio、Sleeping Beauty、The Jungle Book、The Little Mermaid、The Lion King、Frozen、Big Hero 6、Zootopia 以及 Encanto。

關於 The Walt Disney Company:

Walt Disney Company 連同其子公司和聯營公司，是領先的多元化國際家庭娛樂和媒體企業，其業務主要涉及三個範疇：Disney Entertainment、ESPN 及 Disney Experiences。Disney 在 1920 年代的起步之初，只是一間卡通工作室，至今已成為娛樂界的翹楚，並昂然堅守傳承，繼續為家庭中每位成員創造世界一流的故事與體驗。Disney 的故事、人物與體驗傳遍世界每個角落，深入人心。我們在 40 多個國家/地區營運業務，僱員及演藝人員攜手協力，創造全球和當地人們都珍愛的娛樂體驗。

這個職位隸屬於 Walt Disney Animation Studios Vancouver Inc.，其所屬的業務部門是 Walt Disney Animation Studios。

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