Software Developer for #D Animation Studio

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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):
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 systems
• 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)

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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