Animal Logic Hiring for Software Engineer – Rendering Job at Sydney, Australia Full Time

Want the chance to work on a state-of-the-art renderer? Glimpse is our complete production renderer used by hundreds of artists to create the world-class films Animal Logic is known for. We’re looking for someone to help us further improve this leading technology through innovation and creativity.

In this role you will work on all aspects of the renderer, including scene representation, render and sampling engine, ray tracer, shading system: everything required for generating highly realistic images for our films. You will create and maintain tools that are directly used in our lighting, shading and compositing workflows. Finally, you will collaborate with technically minded artists to design, implement and rapidly deploy into production.

This tight, high performing team is looking for someone with:

• 2+ years’ experience developing rendering software using modern C++ within film and animation
• Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering (Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of film industry experience will be considered)
• Thorough understanding of photorealistic rendering, light transport and global illumination techniques
• A passion for algorithms, optimization, and data structures
• Good mathematical skills and familiarity with numerical methods, probability and statistics
• The ability to work in a dynamic and challenging environment, take direction and exercise good communication skills

Bonus points for those who bring:

• Real-time rendering experience
• Knowledge of ray tracing and shading technologies such as Embree and OSL/GLSL/RSL
• Experience developing high-throughput algorithms on GPUs
• Proven ability to write high performance code, with a good understanding of parallel programming/threading, compiler tuning, optimisation and low-level hardware utilisation
• Familiarity with DCC applications such as Houdini and Maya, including their APIs

In addition to working on industry leading technology, we offer you:

• The opportunity to join a growing, independently owned and operated, award-winning studio!
• A chance to contribute to the success of ground-breaking animated feature films
• Exposure to working within a USD pipeline
• A dedicated Learning and Development team focused on your personal career growth
• Flexible work arrangements, with hybrid work options
• A generous leave policy including paid annual leave, sick days, as well as ‘Volunteer’ days to support those causes close to your heart!
• A variety of employee benefits including breakfast, free use of barista coffee machines, and snacks galore!

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been waiting for, then we want to hear from you. Submit your application below!