Senior Pipeline Engineer

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 world’s most collaborative art form can achieve, and to give those pioneers the space and the resources to build a new studio that’s doing something different.

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As a Senior Pipeline Engineer, you will define, develop, test, analyze, and maintain software applications and libraries for the global feature animation pipeline by employing industry best practices. You will also research, design, document, and modify software specifications throughout the production life cycle. This role requires strong expertise in database design and application development, as you'll be architecting data solutions that power our production workflows and asset management systems. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in database schema optimization and building robust, scalable database-driven applications that integrate seamlessly with complex pipeline infrastructure. As a senior engineer, you will provide guidance and help to the other engineers

Responsabilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and document the proprietary software used in concurrent film productions.
• Analyze and assess existing workflows and procedures related to the company Pipeline.
• Liaise with IT infrastructure, IT Client Services, Wrangling, Production, and Show TD teams to resolve problems with hardware, software products, or company software systems.
• Database :
• Design and optimize database schemas to support production data workflows and asset management systems
• Develop and maintain database-driven applications that integrate seamlessly with the animation pipeline infrastructure
• Implement data migration strategies and maintain database performance across multiple concurrent productions
• Keep up with current methodologies, technology trends, and tools that best suit the production and the company.
• Follow the team's technical guidelines.
• Train end users to operate new or modified programs.
• Works with the team, providing support, guidance, and instruction in areas that contribute to their artistic and professional growth.
• Proactively look for risks and problems in the current system and propose improvements.
• Present new ideas to the team using diagrams, charts, and presentations that are easy for them to understand.
• Actively participate and contribute to brainstorming sessions.
• Have a growth and forward-thinking mindset.
• Proactively reach out to stakeholders and inform them about the progress of tasks, setting expectations promptly.
• Follows the Supervisor’s and Lead's guidance.

Requirements

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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