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Software Engineer

2 years ago

Rooster Teeth Animation is looking for a skilled Software Engineer. The Animation engineering team uses Agile methodologies to empower artists and producers with tools and automation systems that extend the creative capabilities of our teams. A strong candidate will have a proven track record of production engineering experience, team-centric interpersonal skills, and creative problem-solving experience to help Rooster Teeth fulfill its objectives.

Please note that this is NOT a web development position.

Responsibilities

Develop systems & tools to establish and support workflows for RoosterTeeth's content creation pipeline(s).
Develop workflow automation and pipeline integration tools and plugins for industry-standard content creation platforms.
Integrations include Shotgun Toolkit, Maya, Houdini, Toonboom, Adobe Suite, Unreal and render farm software such as Deadline and Royal Render.
Contribute to and help maintain coding standards, best-practices, and documentation
Provide technical support to artists both for developed tools and third party packages
Work hands-on with team members to gather feedback, address issues, and educate on tool usage and best practices

Requirements

3+ years of software engineering experience supporting film, commercial, or other entertainment productions
Extensive experience with digital content creation software & tools.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience
Experience using C#, Python, or other scripting languages
Familiarity with building modular and dynamically extensible solutions
Interest in usability and user interface design
Flexibility to learn new programs and adapt to organizational needs within production
Effective verbal and written communication skills
Positive team-oriented attitude with a good work ethic and desire to constantly improve
Must be comfortable working in a highly collaborative organization with an iterative development lifecycle

Desired Skills

Direct experience building content creation workflows for the entertainment industry
Strong grasp of 3D math
Experience writing C++. Plug-in experience for Shotgun Toolkit, Houdini, Maya, or Toonboom
Experience with Shotgun production management
Experience with USD (Universal Scene Description)
Experience with data management and databases
Experience with mocap and mocap technologies
Shader coding knowledgeStrong computer architecture knowledge

Who We Are

Rooster Teeth is a fan-driven, community-built entertainment company in Austin, TX. From humble origins in a spare bedroom, Rooster Teeth created the web series Red vs. Blue, an innovative form of entertainment for a changing media landscape that sparked the growth of a passionate global fandom. From that foundation, Rooster Teeth pioneered a direct-to-consumer lifestyle brand for its growing online following with subscriptions, advertising, e-commerce, and live events. Rooster Teeth produces several original content series including RWBY, the most popular western-style anime series today, The Rooster Teeth podcast network, and a daily video series featuring an in-house cast of influential talent. With broadcast and live-action production capabilities and an animation studio, Rooster Teeth engages industry-leading networks, streaming entertainment services and creative talent to develop projects that reach global audiences through its Studios division. Rooster Teeth cultivates the gaming lifestyle it helped define with partnerships through its industry-leading video-first podcast network, The Roost. Rooster Teeth has a massive global footprint of more than 45 million subscribers to its YouTube Network, 5 million unique weekly viewers across its RoosterTeeth.com hub and more than 4 million registered community members. The company was founded in 2003, and is a subsidiary of Otter Media, a WarnerMedia company.

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