What you’ll do:
Contribute to Universal Scene Description (USD), an open-source software framework for asset interchange and collaborative editing that forms the backbone of Pixar’s filmmaking pipeline, and is used widely across various industries
Further integrate USD into Pixar’s custom toolset of 3D content creation applications, and help evolve its growing feature set while improving performance and scalability
Take ownership of challenging problems that arise from evolving the architecture of software that is heavily exercised in an active production environment
Collaborate with artists and other engineers to provide innovative technical solutions that extend our artistic and engineering reach
Join forces with external partners as USD continues to redefine pipelines across industries, bringing new contributors and collaborators to the table
What you offer:
A strong understanding of C++ that you continually expand upon
Solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms
Readiness to navigate a large code base with many active contributors
Creative problem solving skills, with attention to detail, and a desire to discover and address root causes
Pride and passion in building software architecture that minimizes complexity, scales well, and remains malleable to an ever evolving filmmaking pipeline
You hold yourself to a high bar when it comes to engineering methodologies, like writing maintainable code, providing good documentation and embracing automated testing
Love of the whole development cycle: From proposal and planning, to implementation, testing, optimization and deployment
You listen well and communicate clearly and succinctly
The hiring range for this position in Emeryville is $160,565.00 to $207,790.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.