As a Houdini Pipeline Developer, you will offer our team deep insight into how to build a Houdini pipeline that spans lookdev, lighting, CFX, and FX, using USD and Solaris as a backbone. You will leverage your extensive production experience to create intuitive and self-documenting workflows that can be quickly adopted by users of differing skill levels, and which can operate efficiently on scenes of extreme scale and complexity.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Architect, design, build and solve complex, systematic problems in the domain of Houdini pipeline workflows for lookdev, lighting, CFX, and FX departments
- Gather requirements across large collaboration efforts that span multiple departments and/or disciplines
- Write technical briefs and user documentation
- Partner with software development leadership and pipeline team to identify and schedule tasks
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
- Passion for staying on top of latest features in Houdini
- At least five (5) years of experience as an artist using Houdini in production
- At least five (5) years of experience Houdini writing pipeline code using Python
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated talent for designing intuitive, artist-friendly workflows without sacrificing functionality
- Understanding of object-oriented design and how to integrate Houdini into a large and complex pipeline
- Experience writing a Houdini pipeline using USD/Solaris