Production Software Engineer

Essential Functions

Pixar Animation Studios, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is an Academy Award®-winning film studio with world-renowned technical, creative and production capabilities in the art of computer animation. Creator of some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all time, including Toy Story, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Ratatouille, and most recently, WALL-E. The Northern California studio has won 21 Academy Awards® and its nine films have grossed more than $4.5 billion at the worldwide box office to date. The next film release from Disney & Pixar is UP (May 29, 2009).

Summary of Position:

This software engineering position in the Studio Tools Department will help support the existing deployments of Pixar's in-house movie production software. The primary responsibility of this position is to maintain our proprietary software system with bug fixes and feature development for concurrent film productions. This is a front line position that requires collaboration with our engineering staff, project managers, and production users to support mission-critical software.

Other Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

- Primarily responsible for the maintenance and support of software and/or systems under the guidance of a departmental project lead
- Works directly with production staff to solve technical challenges and debug high-priority issues
- Detailed problem analysis and resolution of issues
- Triage incoming issues and provide rapid response/resolution

Qualifications:

- Strong software engineering skills with expertise in C++, C
- Scripting skills with expertise in Python preferred
- B.S. degree in computer science, advanced degree preferred
- 5-7 years of experience in the computer graphics field preferred
- Open GL experience preferred
- Strong 3D math and computer graphics experience preferred
- Linux or UNIX Operating System experience
- Excellence in problem solving and balancing quick turnaround with long-term quality
- Must be able to work well with a wide range of personality types
- Must be detail-oriented and organized, possess strong communication skills, and be able
to handle a variety of tasks in an efficient manner
- Excellent tracking and follow-through ability
- Desire to provide excellent customer service to production staff

Equal Employment Opportunity

Desired Skills