Overview
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with the artists, and the head of department to gather information regarding software development needs.
- Diagnose technical issues, addressing them directly or escalating to relevant members of the software development team.
- Debug problematic scenes in 3DEqualizer, Maya, Houdini, Nuke, and other industry-standard packages.
- Evaluate issues raised by artists and production team members, and clearly communicate those technical issues in a way that is reproducible by other members of the software development team.
- Develop scripts to optimize various tasks for production.
- Monitor bug reports filed by artists in the department.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Experience with VFX CG work, e.g. tracking, matchmove, roto-anim, modeling and Rigging.
- Experience in our core applications: 3DEqualizer, Maya, Houdini, Nuke.
- Programming experience, preferably in Python, PyQt, C++.
- BS, BA or Master’s Degree, ideally in a technical field.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Fluent in English.
- Due to government restrictions, we can currently only offer this opportunity to Canadian Citizens or Canadian Permanent Residents.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with database programming, either relational or NoSQL.
- Web programming experience using JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, CSS or PHP
- Familiarity with Unix operating systems.
- High level of technical aptitude.
About Method Studios
Method Studios is an award-winning international visual effects group with facilities in Los Angeles, Vancouver, New York, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, London, Melbourne and Montreal. As an artist-driven company known for its creativity, we service high-end feature film, commercial, television, games and motion graphics clients in the global marketplace.
