Lead Software Engineer RenderMan
Lead Software Engineer RenderMan
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15-03-2025
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Skydance offers a dynamic inclusive and everevolving culture where innovative ideas are welcomed and growth fostered. The partnership between unique creativity and technological advancements are demonstrated within each pillar of the company. At the heart of it all is a commitment to boldly entertaining and relevant storytelling.
While all Animation studios look to hire people who are creative and hardworking Skydance Animation is specifically looking for pioneers who seek to push the limits of what the worlds most collaborative art form can achieve and to give those pioneers the space and the resources to build a new studio thats doing something different.
We are seeking a highly skilled Software Engineer with a specialty in RenderMan to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for developing optimizing and maintaining our rendering pipeline using Pixars RenderMan. This role involves close collaboration with artists technical directors and other engineers to ensure the highest quality rendering output and efficient workflows. The candidate should possess strong programming skills a deep knowledge of rendering techniques and experience with RenderMan.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership through expert knowledge to a production studio adopting RenderMan
- Interface with Pixar RenderMan Engineering team to stay abreast onupcoming changes and devise an onramp for adopting and integrating new features
- Stay current with the latest advancements in rendering technology and implement new techniques to improve visual quality and efficiency
- Advise and participate in developing and maintaining the rendering pipeline using RenderMan
- Advise and participate in the Integration of RenderMan into the studios existing workflows and tools which are primarily in Houdini/Solaris with some in Maya
- Implement techniques to manage geometry complexity optimize lighting and shading computations and improve overall rendering efficiency
- Lead the design and architecture of rendering solutions using RenderMan ensuring scalability performance and maintainability
- In partnership with the productions provide timelines milestones andontime delivery of rendering projects
- Communicate with stakeholders including artists producers and other technical teams to understand requirements and provide updates onprogress
- Assist with debugging issues that require deep RenderMan knowledge
- Collaborate with the Skydance cloud rendering provider and IT group tomaximize resource usage while minimizing cost per renderunit
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior and midlevel engineers fostering technical growth and best practices
Requirements
- Bachelor or Masters degree in Computer Science Computer Graphics or a related field
- 6 years of experience in rendering engineering or a similar role in the visual effects animation or gaming industry
- Proven experience with Pixars RenderMan in a production environment utilizing Houdini with Solaris
- Strong proficiency in C and Python
- Deep understanding of rendering techniques including ray tracingglobal illumination subsurface scattering motion blur depth of field and physically based rendering
- Experience with shader development using MaterialX Lama RSL OSLor similar shading languages
- Excellent problemsolving skills and the ability to work in a fastpacedcollaborative international environment
- Effective communication and teamwork skills
Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality eventlevel entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film television interactive and animation divisions.
Skydance is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to building and fostering a diverse equitable and inclusive workforce. We welcome and consider applicants for employment regardless of race color religion age sex national origin citizenship sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status pregnancy status military/veteran status disability or any other protected category. Diversity in the workplace is not just a commitment it is who we are and a reflection of what makes our world special.
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