Software Developer for 3D Animation Studio
Triggerfish Animation Studios is looking for a Software Developer to oversee the architecture and quality of the animation studio's production pipeline, integrating tools, 3d content creation software and cloud services into a cohesive, sustainable pipeline.
About the studio:
Situated on a beautiful farm estate in Cape Town's Southern suburbs, Triggerfish is the country's leading 3d animation studio, focusing on long-form children's entertainment for international distribution. We’ve produced two animated feature films that have been released globally and most recently produced two half-hour shorts for BBC One based on Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes.
You can find more about us here:
http://www.triggerfishstudios.com/
https://www.instagram.com/triggerfishza/
https://www.facebook.com/TriggerfishAnimation/
We’re looking for someone who is intrigued by animation and would enjoy working alongside a wide variety of creative and technical individuals to produce high quality animated content for the world.
Position type:
The contract position is available from 1st February to the end of September 2017, with the intention to extend for the right candidate. We’re looking for someone to work in-house at our studio in Cape Town at this stage, so this is not a remote-working opportunity.
Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science
• Software development experience (3-7 years):
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Understanding of 3D concepts:
Behavioural Competencies:
• Highly strategic thinker – designs solutions that increase business value, decrease maintenance cost and are suitable for multiple projects running in parallel
• Excellent scheduling and prioritization skills – able to make realistic estimates, scale solutions to achieve a milestone, and communicate holdups before they become a problem
• Personal accountability – pro-active, responsible and self-managing
• Teamwork – willingness to sit down with and cooperate with people from other disciplines
• Excellent interviewing and analytical skills - ability both to listen to others and to understand and weigh up their needs in a larger multi-disciplinary, multi-project context
• Excellent research skills – ability to investigate and rapidly comprehend new packages and technologies, and to assess relative suitability
• Leadership - ability to lead and motivate a software team
• Attention to detail –produces clean, well structured, modular code that is well documented
Renumeration
R30-40K/month cost to company depending on experience.
To Apply
Please send in your application to the following link http://www.triggerfishstudios.com/animation-careers/
Triggerfish Animation Studios is looking for a Software Developer to oversee the architecture and quality of the animation studio's production pipeline, integrating tools, 3d content creation software and cloud services into a cohesive, sustainable pipeline.
About the studio:
Situated on a beautiful farm estate in Cape Town's Southern suburbs, Triggerfish is the country's leading 3d animation studio, focusing on long-form children's entertainment for international distribution. We’ve produced two animated feature films that have been released globally and most recently produced two half-hour shorts for BBC One based on Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes.
You can find more about us here:
http://www.triggerfishstudios.com/
https://www.instagram.com/triggerfishza/
https://www.facebook.com/TriggerfishAnimation/
We’re looking for someone who is intrigued by animation and would enjoy working alongside a wide variety of creative and technical individuals to produce high quality animated content for the world.
Position type:
The contract position is available from 1st February to the end of September 2017, with the intention to extend for the right candidate. We’re looking for someone to work in-house at our studio in Cape Town at this stage, so this is not a remote-working opportunity.
Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelors degree or higher in Computer Science
• Software development experience (3-7 years):
1. Competence with version control
2. Experience with database design
3. Highly conversant in delivery-oriented processes (e.g. Agile, Lean, DevOps)
4. Python experience strongly preferred
5. Other programming languages advantageous
• Excellent architectural skills, including understanding the architecture of existing systems2. Experience with database design
3. Highly conversant in delivery-oriented processes (e.g. Agile, Lean, DevOps)
4. Python experience strongly preferred
5. Other programming languages advantageous
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Understanding of 3D concepts:
1. Knowledge of or experience with computer graphics programming
2. Foundation in 3D mathematics preferred (e.g. linear algebra, 3D geometry, physics)
3. Experience with a pipeline/production platform preferred (e.g. Shotgun, ftrack)
4. Experience with 3D animation packages advantageous (e.g. Blender, Maya)
2. Foundation in 3D mathematics preferred (e.g. linear algebra, 3D geometry, physics)
3. Experience with a pipeline/production platform preferred (e.g. Shotgun, ftrack)
4. Experience with 3D animation packages advantageous (e.g. Blender, Maya)
Behavioural Competencies:
• Highly strategic thinker – designs solutions that increase business value, decrease maintenance cost and are suitable for multiple projects running in parallel
• Excellent scheduling and prioritization skills – able to make realistic estimates, scale solutions to achieve a milestone, and communicate holdups before they become a problem
• Personal accountability – pro-active, responsible and self-managing
• Teamwork – willingness to sit down with and cooperate with people from other disciplines
• Excellent interviewing and analytical skills - ability both to listen to others and to understand and weigh up their needs in a larger multi-disciplinary, multi-project context
• Excellent research skills – ability to investigate and rapidly comprehend new packages and technologies, and to assess relative suitability
• Leadership - ability to lead and motivate a software team
• Attention to detail –produces clean, well structured, modular code that is well documented
Renumeration
R30-40K/month cost to company depending on experience.
To Apply
Please send in your application to the following link http://www.triggerfishstudios.com/animation-careers/
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