Pipeline Supervisor

1 Month ago • 7 Years + • Research & Development • Technical Art

Job Summary

Job Description

The Pipeline Supervisor at Scanline VFX is a forward-thinking role managing day-to-day studio pipeline matters for 2D and 3D projects (Houdini, Nuke, Maya). Responsibilities include working with leadership to determine show requirements, leveraging team expertise for innovation, contributing to pipeline team vision and standards, gathering requirements across departments, driving documentation and knowledge transfer, conducting performance reviews, participating in recruiting, and mentoring team members. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of VFX software development experience (feature films preferred), 2+ years in a supervision role, and expertise in Python programming. They should possess strong project planning, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Must have:
  • 7+ years VFX software development experience
  • 2+ years supervision experience
  • Expert in Python programming
  • Project planning & forecasting
  • Strong communication skills
  • Houdini, Nuke, Maya expertise
Good to have:
  • V-Ray experience
  • C++ development experience
  • QT/PyQT UI design experience

Job Details

The Pipeline Supervisor’s perspective is forward-thinking but also able to provide direction for day-to-day studio pipeline matters, managing inter-departmental expectations, show production requirements while balancing priorities. The Pipeline Supervisor is providing stewardship for 2D and 3D projects (Houdini, Nuke, Maya) and partners with the Pipeline leadership. They have a solid understanding of software development life-cycle best practices, requirements gathering, planning, scope, risk, metrics, and reporting. Experience leading change management, ensuring quality assurance standards and post-project reviews for ongoing improvement is required.

Key Responsibilities

    • Works with Pipeline leadership, and studio leadership including Production, Department Supervisors, CG Supervisors and Leads to determine requirements for current and upcoming shows; advises on implementation and potential solutions
    • Leverages team expertise and current technology research and development trends to innovate and advance Scanline’s technologies; interfaces with supervisors and leads for ongoing improvements
    • Contributes to the vision of the company pipeline team’s role, standards, service agreements and provides guidance and leadership through change management
    • Gathers requirements across large collaboration efforts that span multiple departments and/or disciplines
    • Drives overall Pipeline information collection, documentation, and knowledge transfer process: eg. Provides demos and tutorials for artists and other TD's
    • Completes performance reviews of the team and provides recommendations for education and training for ongoing skill development
    • Participates in regularly scheduled department and production meetings
    • Participates in recruiting; resume reviews, interviews, evaluations, job descriptions, etc.
    • Partners with Pipeline Management team to identify priorities and schedule tasks
    • Mentors pipeline team members; advise, guide, and grow others

Qualifications

    • Minimum seven (7) years experience in VFX software development (Feature Films preferred)
    • Minimum two (2) years in supervision role (required)
    • Expert in python programming
    • Experienced with planning large projects and forecasting show requirements
    • Ability to understand situations quickly and shift priorities as needed
    • Self-directed, proactive, detailed, organized and solution-oriented
    • Understanding of scheduling, task estimates, and capacity planning
    • Strong written & verbal communication skills, and ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences
    • Demonstrated advanced work experience with Houdini, Nuke, Maya
    • Experienced working w/pipelines in Windows/Linux

    • BONUS
    • Experienced with V-Ray
    • Experienced with C++ development
    • Experienced with user interface design in QT/PyQT
About Us
Scanline VFX is an award-winning leader in the visual effects industry with 7 studios worldwide, including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich, Seoul, Stuttgart, and Vancouver. Since our beginning in 1989, we strive to set the highest standard of quality in everything we do. Through innovation, we generate solutions for our clients and raise the bar — both within our workplace and throughout our industry.

We look for explorers, people who are willing to go to new places and are open to testing, learning and iterating as they go. We believe great ideas come from everyone, so we actively encourage team members to ask questions and present their ideas.

Eyeline Studios
Eyeline Studios, our virtual production division, is rethinking the future of real-time filmmaking by providing content creators with unmatched flexibility. Learn more.

Powered by Netflix
Netflix’s investment in our pipeline, infrastructure, and workforce allows us to continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in visual effects. In addition to working on projects for Netflix, we continue to work with a variety of long-standing and new clients.

Come as you are
We are committed to ensuring fair and equal treatment of your application. When you apply for a role with us, you will receive consideration based solely on your qualifications.

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About The Company

Scanline VFX is an award-winning, global leader in the visual effects industry with studios in 7 core locations including London, Los Angeles, Montreal, Munich, Seoul, Stuttgart, and Vancouver. From humble beginnings over 30 years ago, we’ve grown to a team of over 1,200 made up of diverse nationalities from around the world. We believe in the power of storytelling and are committed to helping filmmakers realize their artistic vision. Underpinned by a commitment to innovation, collaboration and long-standing partnerships, we continue to develop innovative tools, techniques and technologies, to offer filmmakers the ultimate in creative freedom. Eyeline Studios, Scanline’s virtual production division, is rethinking the future of real-time filmmaking by providing content creators with unmatched flexibility.

Netflix’s investment in Scanline’s pipeline, infrastructure, and workforce allows Scanline to continue to push the boundaries of what is possible in VFX. In addition to working on projects for Netflix, Scanline continues to work with a variety of long-standing and new clients outside of Netflix.

Established in 1989 in Munich, Scanline became well-known for our ability to create photorealistic natural phenomena such as fire, smoke and water, having developed our proprietary fluid simulation software, Flowline. Scanline was the sole developer of Flowline and in 2008, and was the recipient of a Scientific and Technical Achievement Academy Award® for the software.

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