
Technical Director – Temp, SFD, Cinematics
Blizzard Entertainment
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Irvine • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $77,500 - $143,376 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Join our Cinematics team to support artists and their workflows
- Build tools and solve technical challenges
- Develop innovative technology to bring stories to life
- Work closely with artists, producers, and technologists
- Collaborate effectively to empower artists with cutting-edge tools
Requirements
- Strong background in software development, with experience in developing, modifying, deploying, and debugging software on Linux and Windows environments
- Experience writing tools or plugins for widely used third-party computer graphics programs
- Solid understanding of computer graphics (CG) pipelines and workflows
- Experience with third-party computer graphics programs such as Maya, Houdini, or Katana
- Proficiency in Python and object-oriented programming
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for cross-departmental interactions
- Genuine interest in a technical support capacity, assisting artists and team members
- Ability to adapt to shifting priorities during production schedule changes
- Experience developing tools using PyQt (extra points)
- Understanding of computer graphics concepts such as raytracing and simulation (extra points)
- Familiarity with common VFX platform libraries: openEXR, OpenVDB, Alembic, or USD (extra points)
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Graphics, Engineering, or a related field (extra points)
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance
- 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching
- Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
- Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
- Relocation assistance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
software developmentLinuxWindowsPythonobject-oriented programmingPyQtcomputer graphics pipelinesraytracingsimulationVFX platform libraries
Soft Skills
communication skillscollaborationadaptabilitytechnical support
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Computer GraphicsBachelor’s degree in EngineeringMaster’s degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s degree in Computer GraphicsMaster’s degree in Engineering