Lead the design, implementation, deployment, and troubleshooting of enterprise services that track artists’ production tasks and provide actionable workflow, schedule, and cost data. Responsibilities include service architecture, data collection, documentation, playbook development, sprint reporting, production support, and collaboration with globally distributed teams.
Core Services is looking for a Senior Software Developer to lead its Production Effort project within its Data Services workstream.
The Core Services group provides foundational technologies to other technology groups within DNEG. We are a team of software developers who architect, build and provide geographically spread, enterprise-level, mission-critical infrastructure. We create services, frameworks, and products that other teams rely upon to build and deliver their technology solutions. We are the core of all things technology at DNEG.
The Data Services workstream within Core Services provides foundational software to other development teams that are intended to be utilized to provide end-user functionality. We provide abstraction layers to the core database’s data models that are utilized across various products, and automation libraries and frameworks to assist software developers in creating consistent automation.
The Product Effort project is scoped to design and implement a new service that will automatically track the tasks that artists are working on and provide accurate, empirical, and actionable data and reports to managers, executive, and analysts to support global optimisations of schedules, costs, and workflows.
Experience in the VFX industry is not a prerequisite for this role.
You will:
- Participate in the design and architecture of services to capture, validate, and present data generated through the artist's workflow that identifies the task that they are working on.
- Lead the implementation of the services and data collectors identified through the design process.
- Lead the deployment of these services into the production environment.
- Provide sprint-based updates on tasks’ progress.
- Write documentation for developed software, create and update troubleshooting playbooks.
- Troubleshoot issues that have been raised during development and after deployment.
- Coordinate and work with teams in remote sites in different time zones.
- 8+ years of experience in professional software development.
- Programming experience in Python and GoLang.
- Fluency in areas such as data structures, algorithms, design patterns, data modelling, and schema design.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent subject or equivalent work experience.
- Agile development experience using Scrum framework.
- Knowledge of back end web frameworks, such as: Django, Flask, or Falcon.
- Programming experience in any of: C++, SQL, GraphQL, Javascript/Typescript, or Rust.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Eagerness to tackle problems head-on.
- Knowledge of CI/CD workflows.
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