Junior Pipeline Developer

The Junior Pipeline TD in Production Technology will team with Engineers to design, develop, and deploy custom software tools that extend the use of our ShotGrid-based production tracking system.  As a member of the Studio Pipeline team, this position will work directly with artists, In addition to working individually and with a sprint team, this position will help establish technical direction and standard practices.

Responsibilities: 

• Extend and integrate the use of Autodesk ShotGrid and other database systems to meet production needs, including both desktop-native and browser-hosted applications and plugins.

• Work both independently and cooperatively with Engineers to extend existing tools, develop new features, and design new applications.

• Work with non-technical end users to help define requirements for new tools and pipeline processes to solve production problems.

• Develop test plans and roll out new ShotGrid based workflows and tools, and work with end users to improve the usability of these tools.

• Follow the processes and procedures of the software development life cycle, build and release system, documentation and testing standards used in Production Technology.

• Participate in research and development to implement 3rd party solutions when available and/or help design and build prototypes for next generation systems.

• Support existing tools via bug fixes and version updates.

• Support applications through documentation, training, and handling questions.

• Support users on Windows and Linux.

Essential Skills:

• 2+ years of experience developing custom tools and workflows with ShotGrid in an animation or VFX studio environment, including SG Action menu Items and shotgun event daemon plugins.

• Strong experience with code development with Python.

• Experience with ShotGrid’s Python and REST APIs, native UI, and automation strategies.

• Experience developing on Linux or Mac platforms.

• Experience interacting directly with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, preferred.

• A highly analytical mindset with the ability to troubleshoot complex shot setups and rendering issues.

• Familiarity building, running, managing and monitoring services on a Linux container platform such as Docker/Kubernetes – a plus.

• Experience with ShotGrid Toolkit – a plus.