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Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Wētā Pipeline

The opportunity

Unity is accelerating the development of artist tools, with products such as Wētā Digital Tools, Ziva Dynamics and SpeedTree, to make the entire process of crafting 3D graphics, content and experiences more intuitive and accessible to creators. By joining us, you will help democratize the most powerful tools of the industry and make them accessible to a wide range of users.

In this position, you will drive your team through the content creation pipeline to deliver turn-key solutions. You will focus on the integration, packaging and distribution of many artist tools, libraries and services in order to offer an end-to-end experience to creative studios.

You will balance your ability to solve hard problems with your desire to understand and facilitate the success of a highly technical team. The position requires close collaboration with teams across multiple organizations.

You will consider the workflows and user pain, be creative and thrive when working in a multidisciplinary team. In your everyday work you will make critical decisions that cut across multiple teams, iterate on ideas with a wide range of partners, contribute to code and technical design, work with multiple feedback channels and consistently learn. As a successful leader in Art Tools you will have the ability to impact strategic plans, projects, our product, our users happiness and our employee satisfaction. You are there to serve your team and help cultivate talent, deliver team results and collaborate across teams.

What you’ll be doing

• Integrate, package and distribute content creation pipelines
• Partner with Product Managers, Artists and Designers to understand customer needs and define roadmaps
• Build, mentor and grow a team of expert engineers in an inclusive environment
• Unblock obstacles, collaborate with partners and empower engineers on the team to do their best work
• Directly contribute to the code and to the architectural roadmap of your domain and promote high engineering standards

What we’re looking for

• Deep expertise of VFX pipelines and workflows
• Experience as an Engineering Team Lead or Manager of Software Engineering supervising small to medium sized teams
• Industry proven experience in professional software development with proficiency in C++, Python, data structures, algorithms, engineering principles and practices
• Practical knowledge of service-oriented architectures

You might also have

• Experience with VFX pipeline infrastructure spanning multiple locations
• Experience with testing frameworks and modern CI/CD systems
• Familiarity with Universal Scene Description

Life at Unity

Unity (NYSE: U) is the world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, filmmakers, and others, use Unity to make their imaginations come to life. Unity is the foundation upon which the world’s most powerful digital content is created. Specifically, Unity’s platform provides a comprehensive set of software solutions to create, run and monetize interactive, real-time 2D and 3D content for mobile phones, tablets, PCs, consoles, and augmented and virtual reality devices.

In the fourth quarter of 2021, Unity had, on average, 3.9 billion monthly active end users who consumed content created or operated with its solutions. The applications developed by these creators were downloaded, on average, five billion times per month in 2021. For more information, please visit www.unity.com.

Unity is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. Therefore, we provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. If there are preparations or accommodations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know.

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