Senior Software Engineer

Company	Skydance
Location	Jackson Township, NJ, USA, Waterbury, CT, USA, New York, NY, USA
Salary	$Not Provided – $Not Provided
Type	Full-Time
Degrees	Bachelor’s, Master’s
Experience Level	Senior

5+ years in VFX or animation industries.
3+ years in the animation industry.
Experience designing and developing complex user-facing software, preferably in a studio environment.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent industry experience.
Proficiency in Python, with the ability to write clear, testable, and maintainable code.
Experience developing user-facing interfaces with Qt (PyQt/PySide), designing intuitive, responsive, and production-ready tools for artists and technical users.
Strong understanding of software architecture and design patterns to create scalable, maintainable, and efficient tools.
Experience with performance measurement, profiling, and analysis tools.
Strong communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to balance speed and sustainability in solutions.
Ability to prioritize competing demands based on business value.
Passion for collaborating with in-house artists and engineers to prototype, develop, and support solutions to our filmmaking challenges.
Knowledge of character workflows, particularly in rigging, animation and CFX.
Strong understanding of real-time animation, graphics techniques, and geometry processing algorithms.
Strong mathematical fundamentals, including linear algebra, statistics, and numerical methods.
Proficiency in C/C++, ideally C++11/14.
High English level.
Spanish desirable.

Architects and implements a robust Python toolset to streamline the character assembly pipeline, ensuring modularity, scalability, and maintainability.
Collaborates with artists and technical teams to gather requirements and design new workflows and tools that enhance character-creation processes.
Evaluates code quality and performance while contributing to the overall architectural design of the Python codebase within the Characters team.
Develops scalable solutions that integrate into various Digital Content Creation (DCC) applications, such as Autodesk Maya and SideFX Houdini.
Fosters a collaborative team environment, supporting technical guidelines and methodologies such as Agile and Scrum.
Mentors team members by providing technical guidance and best practices.
Demonstrates technical leadership through innovation and problem-solving.
Builds strong relationships with peers, supervisors, stakeholders, and other teams across the studio.
Keeps up on current artistic methodologies and on technology trends and tools that best suit the production and the company in the development of a stronger creative and technical environment.
Works together with the team providing them with support, guidance and instruction in areas that contribute towards their artistic and professional growth. (mandatory)
Follows the Supervisor’s and Lead’s guidance.