laika_Inc
05-13-2006, 12:30 AM
LAIKA/Entertainment is currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer for its Research and Development Department.
The Software Engineer works closely with artists and TDs to research, design, and develop in-house tools to solve production issues and make productions more efficient. Responsibilities include building new systems, maintaining current systems, and supporting artists in completing production tasks.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Proactively seek new technologies, techniques, and software development processes that will benefit production.
- Assist/Guide junior engineers with maintenance of existing applications and the creation of new projects.
- Develop test plans and analysis for evaluation of production pipeline tool performance.
- Contribute to project plans and support their implementation for pipeline development.
- Work directly with artists to define requirements, develop prototypes, and test end solutions.
- Support applications through training and handling questions for software developed by the department.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in an Engineering or Science related field.
- 5-10 years experience with strong C/C++ or equivalent application development in both console and GUI modes.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience working with 3D/2D graphics algorithms and commercial applications: Maya, Houdini, Shake, MTOR, prman or equivalents.
- Experience developing applications for Linux.
Relevant Required Abilities and Attributes:
- Demonstrated ability to manage time according to current priorities in an efficient manner.
- Balance the time constraints of production with the development of code that is maintainable and extendable in the future.
- Good communication skills with a wide variety of personalities.
- Must be able to handle both long and short term tasks efficiently.
- Demonstrated strength in the fundamentals of object orientation, algorithms, systems, data structures, and languages.
- Ability to recognize the key components for the solution to vague production problems.
- Demonstrated UI development skills for producing high quality software.
Preferred Abilities and Knowledge:
- Experience with SQL RDMS systems as a developer (not a DBA), using Perl/Python and other client/server systems.
- Cross–platform development with Qt.
- Development of CGI web applications under Apache.
Please e-mail resumes to tknott@laika.com referencing Sr Software Engineer in the subject heading. For additional information please visit www.laika.com (http://www.laika.com/)
Laika Entertainment, based in Portland Oregon, is currently in production on several animated feature films including: Neil Gaiman’s “Coraline” , directed by Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and The Giant Peach); and “Jack & Ben”, created, written and directed by Jorgen Klubien (Cars, Monsters Inc, Toy Story 2, A Bug’s Life, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid).
The Software Engineer works closely with artists and TDs to research, design, and develop in-house tools to solve production issues and make productions more efficient. Responsibilities include building new systems, maintaining current systems, and supporting artists in completing production tasks.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Proactively seek new technologies, techniques, and software development processes that will benefit production.
- Assist/Guide junior engineers with maintenance of existing applications and the creation of new projects.
- Develop test plans and analysis for evaluation of production pipeline tool performance.
- Contribute to project plans and support their implementation for pipeline development.
- Work directly with artists to define requirements, develop prototypes, and test end solutions.
- Support applications through training and handling questions for software developed by the department.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in an Engineering or Science related field.
- 5-10 years experience with strong C/C++ or equivalent application development in both console and GUI modes.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience working with 3D/2D graphics algorithms and commercial applications: Maya, Houdini, Shake, MTOR, prman or equivalents.
- Experience developing applications for Linux.
Relevant Required Abilities and Attributes:
- Demonstrated ability to manage time according to current priorities in an efficient manner.
- Balance the time constraints of production with the development of code that is maintainable and extendable in the future.
- Good communication skills with a wide variety of personalities.
- Must be able to handle both long and short term tasks efficiently.
- Demonstrated strength in the fundamentals of object orientation, algorithms, systems, data structures, and languages.
- Ability to recognize the key components for the solution to vague production problems.
- Demonstrated UI development skills for producing high quality software.
Preferred Abilities and Knowledge:
- Experience with SQL RDMS systems as a developer (not a DBA), using Perl/Python and other client/server systems.
- Cross–platform development with Qt.
- Development of CGI web applications under Apache.
Please e-mail resumes to tknott@laika.com referencing Sr Software Engineer in the subject heading. For additional information please visit www.laika.com (http://www.laika.com/)
Laika Entertainment, based in Portland Oregon, is currently in production on several animated feature films including: Neil Gaiman’s “Coraline” , directed by Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and The Giant Peach); and “Jack & Ben”, created, written and directed by Jorgen Klubien (Cars, Monsters Inc, Toy Story 2, A Bug’s Life, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid).