3D Pipeline Developer

Company Description

Repeatedly voted one of Montreal’s Top Employers and Employer of the Year for the 2022 Mercuriades Awards, Rodeo FX is a high-end creative company offering services in visual effects, advertising, animation, and experiential.

Nominated for multiple Emmy® Awards for its work on the series Stranger Things season 4, The Witcher season 2, and The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power season 1, the independent, Oscar®-winning company boasts close to 900 artists crafting from studios in Montreal, Québec City, Toronto, Los Angeles and Paris.

Rodeo FX is a creative partner to the world’s best storytellers including Netflix, HBO, Disney, Marvel, Amazon Studios, Warner Bros., and Sony, and has collaborated on ads for YouTube, NBC, and Apple. Current projects include Blue Beetle, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, and Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon. Recently released projects include John Wick: Chapter 4, Black Adam, Disney's The Little Mermaid, and Love, Death and Robots Volume 3, for which the company won a 2023 VES award.

Work arrangements:
As a company founded and led by an artist, creativity above all guides us. Our mission is to provide our talents with the freedom and resources they need to deliver quality work and thrive in a stimulating, caring environment. While we require employees to be present in the studio at least three days a week, we maintain flexible work arrangements for the remaining days. This balance ensures that we foster collaboration, maintain our vibrant culture, and encourage in-person interaction and teamwork.

Job Description

The 3D Software Team is looking for a 3D pipeline developer to help create and maintain our new USD based pipeline for animation and layout departments.

This position requires a good understanding of a VFX or Animation pipeline and the ability to collaborate in a cross-functional team of developers. The position is for our Montreal and Quebec studios. Working with the pipeline teams, you will be in charge of the following.

Main responsibilities:

• Developing tools, in Python, for our in-house applications and also for DCCs such as Maya, Houdini.
• Implementing robust and easy to maintain code.
• Participating in the complete software development life-cycle; designing, supporting and maintaining software.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of working experience in VFX Pipelines
• Excellent knowledge of Python and Maya.
• Experience working on scripts and command line applications (Unix).
• Experience of Linux operating systems. 
• Experience of application development life-cycle using Agile methodologies, as well as code review processes.
• Comfortable with Git version control and Jira ticketing systems.
• Degree in computer science, math or engineering.
  

Assets:

• Previous experience supporting a CG pipeline using in-house softwares and open source libraries like Alembic, USD or in-house technologies.
• Comfortable with project tracking software like Shotgun, Ftrack or Tactic.
• Database knowledge is a benefit.
• Working knowledge of C/C++.
• Working knowledge of Qt.

Additional Information

• Full-time, Permanent Contract ;
• Flexible work structure in all our locations ;
• 5 paid sick/personal days ;
• Group Insurance, access to Dialogue online support and to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) ;
• RRSP with employer contribution ;
• Discounts on public transports, several spas, sports classes, art center, cafes, furniture and several other local businesses.

#LI-Hybrid

Diversity is a core value at Rodeo FX. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable work environment where diversity is celebrated and valued. We believe every member on our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to perceive and interact with the world, identify challenges, and to design and deliver projects.