DreamWorks Technology - Senior Render Engineer

Job Description

Dream Works Animation is looking for a passionate senior graphics software engineer to join our rendering team in building our cutting‑edge path tracer Moon Ray, as seen in all of our movies from How To Train Your Dragon:
The Hidden World, Trolls:
World Tour, The Wild Robot, award‑winning shorts, themed entertainment and more. We work closely with artists and our focus is to deliver breathtaking images while being massively scalable across single or multiple machines. We’ve been creating movie magic for over 30 years and we’d love to have you join us. We have a great, award‑winning team and we are looking for an experienced engineer to join us in pushing rendering boundaries.

Our work is used directly in the making of our movies, and is always available to the broader VFX and graphics industries and world as a contributed project in the Academy Software Foundation. Check it out! (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..org

• Research and develop the tools and services for the studio’s rendering needs for features and shorts, themed entertainment, VFX, and future needs.
• Focus on advanced graphics research and development
• Adapting physically‑based path tracing techniques to achieve stylized looks
• Help build and advance our state of the art rendering technology, Moon Ray.
• Optimize code and algorithms for single (and multi‑) machine efficiency and scalability.
• Work with artists to improve the technology in the creation of our movies and advanced productions

• 8+ years of industry or related experience in a graphics/rendering engineering role
• 3+ years experience in Monte Carlo ray tracing and global illumination
• Understanding of parallel programming models
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Familiarity with current MCRT rendering research
• Experience in core C/C++ software development in rendering, lighting or other graphics‑related tools

• Enthusiasm to work on visual problems as well as hard systems, software design and parallel programming problems related to rendering
• Experience in GPU and CPU rendering
• Experience in VFX/animation pipeline
• Experience in problem‑solving and balancing quick turnaround with long‑term quality
• Experience in open‑source software development
• Excellent communication skills and an aptitude for working in small teams
• Ability to deliver robust, scalable, maintainable code
• Familiarity with SIMD/SPMD vectorization
• Familiarity with applied machine‑learning techniques in graphics

Hybrid: This position currently has a hybrid schedule, which requires contributing from the office a minimum of four days per week. The Company reserves the right to change in‑office requirements at any time.

This position is eligible for company‑sponsored benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks.

Salary range: $155,000- $190,000

NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, or arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable.

We provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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