Senior Technical Director (Production Technology)
Senior Technical Director (Production Technology)
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06-06-2025
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Skydance offers a dynamic inclusive and ever-evolving 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 hard-working 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.
For information on Skydances privacy practices see theSkydance U.S. PersonnelPrivacy Notice located at Senior Technical Director develops and supports innovative tools for our production teams to efficiently create the animated films at Skydance. The goal of these efforts is to implement solutions that off-the-shelf software could not otherwise provide while maximizing productivity with the high-quality standard set by the company. The scope of the developments may be from a simple python script to a larger development involving complex algorithms.
Responsibilities
- Develop test and deploy global and core technologies that support all the productions
- Follows design patterns and team technical guidelines
- Partners with artists show TDs and other engineers to iterate debug document and refine tools and processes for feature film production
- Reports to the Production Technology Supervisor on the status of technical development projects tool performance production operations and support statuses
- Continually examines productions user experiences satisfaction and level of understanding to identify areas of improvement to the production pipelines
- Strong project management skills; being self-motivated organized resourceful and prudent supported with excellent communication skills
- Works together within the TD team sharing ideas support guidance and instruction to the more junior members of the team
Requirements
- 6 years in visual effects or animation industries
- BS degree in Computer Science similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience
- Deep understanding of the 3D animated film production pipelines and workflows (artistic and technical)
- Expert in Python
- Experience building tools for the following software: Maya Houdini and Nuke
- Experience in Linux operating systems
- Experience in C Rust is a plus
- Experience working with version control systems (Git)
- Experience with Renderman is a plus
- Ability to document digital processes and technical solutions
- Practical knowledge in continuous delivery and agile methodologies
- Applies innovative processes and techniques by bringing new ideas or solutions
- Highly skilled in expressing transmitting and presenting new ideas in presentations or in writing to clearly articulate strategic ideas
- Able to clearly communicate project statuses to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Makes the team goal a priority and expresses positive expectations
- Delivers assigned duties with the quality level required and on time with high levels of professionalism completeness commitment and strong work ethic
- Clearly meets the expectations on the duties assigned with low supervision encouraging and inspiring some other less experienced colleagues to do so
- Acts as mentor inside and outside their team establishing an effective working relationship and a fluid communication environment contributing to the individual and group achievement of objectives
- Exemplifies a strong work ethic
- Advanced English level Spanish oral and written a plus
The hourly range for this non-exempt position in Connecticut is $65-82/hour. The rate offered may vary based on the candidates location qualifications experience and relevant expertise among other factors. The range indicated is for base salary only and does not reflect the total compensation package including bonus benefits etc.
We realize that skills and expertise can come from many different experiences and paths and we encourage you to apply even if you dont meet all of the requirements as written in the job description.
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Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film television interactive and animation divisions.
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