Hybrid Senior Compositing Software Developer – Technical Director

at SideFX Software

• Job title: Senior Compositing Software Developer – Technical Director
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Python, Qt
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Toronto, Canada

About the role

• Senior Software Developer or Technical Director joining SideFX to develop a compositing toolset for Houdini. Collaborating on image processing and visual effects for outstanding industry projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and support our new compositing toolset for Copernicus.
• Research and implement compositing algorithms such as keying, grading, deep workflows, feature detection and removal, colour correction and much more.
• Explore motion-tracking solutions.
• Optimize image algorithms for top performance on CPU and GPU devices.
• Optimize procedural networks of image operations to run efficiently within memory limits.
• Work toward bridging the gap between 2D and 3D in Houdini.
• Collaborate with other R&D staff, technical directors and artists.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Industry experience with OpenCL, CUDA, SyCl, Vulkan, or similar compute-based API.
• Solid production experience with image processing and compositing techniques.
• History of delivering innovative, robust and scalable solutions.
• Ability to learn independently, use solid judgment and develop at a fast pace.
• Keen understanding of compositing artists’ needs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Computer Science degree or equivalent (Compositing Software Developer candidates only).
• Strong knowledge of C++ programming in a multi-threaded environment (Compositing Software Developer candidates only).
• Extensive experience with algorithmic optimization for memory and performance (Compositing Software Developer candidates only).
• Proven experience with image-based hardware acceleration techniques (Compositing Software Developer candidates only).
• Ability to do independent research on execution graph optimization (Compositing Software Developer candidates only).
• Extensive production experience with Python programming (Compositing Technical Director candidates only).
• Not required but great to have Knowledge of other GPU computing and rendering APIs (Compositing Technical Director candidates only).
• Knowledge of OpenFX, OpenImageIO, OpenTimelineIO, and OpenColorIO (Compositing Technical Director candidates only).
• Knowledge of Qt (Compositing Technical Director candidates only).
• Knowledge of texture synthesis techniques (Compositing Technical Director candidates only).
• Experience with Machine Learning applications to image processing (Compositing Technical Director candidates only).

Benefits

• Hybrid Work option - Combining time spent collaborating in person at our offices with remote work for added flexibility.
• Generous paid time off, including vacation and floater days to relax and re-energize (starting at 4 weeks).
• Year-End Company Shutdown and Long Weekend Early departures to add to the excitement.
• Health insurance coverage: Robust Health insurance coverage for you and your dependents.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP); because sometimes we need a bit of extra support.
• Retirement Plan with company matched contributions.
• Comprehensive Long Service Award program, providing both a monetary reward and additional days off.
• A highly competitive bonus structure.
• A generous sick time entitlement to care for yourself and your loved ones.