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AR Pipeline Engineer

DigitalFish has an immediate need for an AR Pipeline Engineer with solid professional 3D film, media and/or games production experience.

You will be working on projects for Facebook, creating new content-authoring and delivery tools for artists, driven and being used by developers, animators and creative engineers. Initially, you will be located at Facebook’s main campus in Menlo Park with your permanent office in San Mateo.

Current and past customers include Google, Pixar, DreamWorks, Activision, LEGO, Disney/ESPN, NASA and many others. You can expect to intersect with these other projects over time.

Ideal candidates will have 3-5 years relevant production work experience, but if you think you’re right for this position, contact us; we’ll listen.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the rest of the engineering and artistic teams to create high quality AR content for an in-house AR platform
• Architect pipeline to efficiently stream, transform and render 3D data from a backend service
• Identify and fix bugs in the pipeline and content
• Implement and document pipeline tools, scripts, and procedures to support the development and deployment of story-telling tools
• Collaborate on the design of story-telling tool sets
• Take ownership of technical issues and lead the team to resolve them
• Adapt tools to the problems at hand while balancing between long-term tool sets and short-term production-specific demands
• Coordinate cross-discipline efforts to advance the state-of-the-art

Requirements

• BS/BA in Computer Science or related engineering field
• 2+ years of experience engineering in Java on Android
• Minimum 5 years experience in a large-scale project for VR, games, VFX, TV or film
• Good understanding of 3D graphics fundamentals
• Experience with pipeline tools, asset management and production tracking
• Experience in software architecture design, development, and maintenance
• Experience in a customer/vendor-facing role, particularly if involving creative or other non-technical users
• Experience with test-driven and Agile/Scrum development, source code control and QA processes
• Self-motivated with strong communications skills and able to work both in a team and independently
• Large-scale development experience is a plus
• Proof of eligibility to work in the United States

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive salary plus equity per qualifications
• Full benefits with excellent health plan
• Ability to influence product and features in a cutting edge technology
• Work with a well-respected, creative and talented group of experts in graphics and animation

Location

This is a full-time position on-site in Menlo Park, with free transportation available from much of the Bay Area.

Additional Information

DigitalFish is not able to sponsor immigration petitions for this role at this time. We are an equal opportunity employer and are hiring immediately. We look forward to hearing from you!