Lead Software Architect

Job Description

Technicolor Creative Studios is a creative technology company driven by one purpose: The realization of ambitious and extraordinary ideas. We inspire creative companies across the world to produce their most iconic work. Our award-winning teams of artists and technologists partner with the creative community across film, television, animation, gaming, brand experience and advertising to bring the universal art of storytelling to audiences everywhere. No idea is too ambitious for us to create to an incredibly high standard. Technicolor Creative Studios provides world class production expertise in Film, Episodic, Gaming, Advertising and Experiential Marketing. Our global network of studios includes MPC Film, Episodic & Advertising, Mikros Animation and The Mill.

We are looking for a lead architect and developer to design and implement our next-generation tools for artists working in sequence-wide workflows. These tools span many different workflows, artists, and stakeholders which requires this role to be able to understand how creative work is generated and tracked in modern pipelines. This architect will be working with the different studios to understand needs, create a design that can answer those needs, and can lead a team in implementing those designs.

Responsibilities
• Work with leadership to design the implementation and architecture of key services in the pipeline.
• Help leadership to track progress, outcomes, and provide key insight when a change of direction is needed.
• Work with projects across all studios to provide solutions and guidance for their pipelines.
• Work with and mentor more junior members of the team to help resolve issues and solve problems.
• Facilitate collaboration between studios through extensive client engagement.
• Contribute to developer facing or user facing documentation as applicable.
• Operate as a domain specialist and point person for multiple teams or projects when applicable.
• Write code that conforms to company standards and exemplifies good design.
• Lead a team of developers in implementing the design.
• Provide some level of operational support for the pipeline as required.
• Work with the product owner and stakeholders to establish requirements and report progress.

Qualifications
• Advanced experience with Computer Graphics in a VFX or AAA Game setting.
• Advanced experience developing tools in multiple DCC's including Unreal, Maya, Houdini, and Nuke on both Windows and Linux.
• Advanced experience in a pipeline or tool development role.
• Production-level experience is a plus.
• Experience and vision around the implementation of asset management and pipeline-centric projects.
• Understanding of and the ability to operate in a structured DevOps context.
• Basic skills in GUI/UX development, and willingness to occasionally develop PoC level frames to demonstrate or propose concepts and ideas.
• Familiarity with modern structured development practices, documentation needs, and the tools that support them is very important.
• Collaborative and team-oriented approach to product development, working with teams across locations, time zones and cultures.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working with large, legacy code bases; from maintenance and refactoring through to end-of-life support.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r79b0k-3-134-78-106-42 in your application.