NUKE & NUKE 6.5
JOB VACANCY – ENGINEERING
C++ Engineer This is a fantastic opportunity to join The Foundry & Luxology. The portfolio lets users create inspiring and technical high-end visuals across a wide range of industries including film, TV, commercials and games, as well as the CAD, design and architecture markets. Founded in 1996, The Foundry is the fastest growing company in its field today. The company is experiencing rapid growth and has listed in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 for three consecutive years running. In September 2012, The Foundry merged with Luxology, a hugely talented and exciting independent USbased technology company. As a joint entity The Foundry and Luxology, develop award-winning computer graphics and visual effects (VFX) software used globally by leading artists and designers. The company now has more than 200 employees divided between its London, Mountain View and Los Angeles offices. Our team is incredibly focused on servicing customers and constantly strives to create and deliver innovative, revolutionary solutions to a wide range of markets. The Foundry's innovative, award winning products are used to create breath-taking visual effects on almost every modern feature film, TV show and commercial created today. Feature film examples include the 2012 Oscar® winners Hugo (Best Visual Effects) and Rango (Best Animated Feature Film), Puss in Boots, Rio, The Dark Knight Rises, Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists and many more. High profile television projects have included Game of Thrones, Planet Dinosaur and the EMMY award winning Boardwalk Empire. Luxology is well known for its innovative 3D modelling and rendering technology, modo, which is widely used in the CAD, design and architecture markets. Our joint vision is “To become the most successful and respected software company within the professional visual media industries.” To achieve this we are looking to hire exceptional people to help drive our growth and successfully launch existing and new products in to the visual effects and games market. The Role As a C++ engineer you will contribute to our products by writing code, authoring automated tests, and playing a part in the planning and delivering of releases. For the specific project we are recruiting for, you will:
Use OpenGL to enable realtime visualization of complex, high-poly 3D scenes. Interface multiple applications and renderers (e.g. Arnold, RenderMan) together through file transfer, SDK, socket and interprocess communication.
In the course of general duties, your tasks will include:
Time estimates: You will facilitate project planning by providing effort estimates for tasks assigned to you by the Lead Engineer. You will be expected to deliver on goals in a timely manner and provide regular progress updates. Maintenance: You will be expected to pro-actively contribute to software quality and stability by fixing bugs and implementing minor features.
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Documentation: You will be expected to document your work clearly and concisely in the source code. Travel: Occasional trips to the US may occur as part of this role Represent The Foundry in a non-engineering capacity e.g. sales and site visits: from time to time, you may be expected to visit post-production sites to demonstrate the product and gather requirements from end-users.
Required Skills:
Excellent C/C++. Familiar with the development of application frameworks, in particular Linux and X11, with
experience of cross platform toolkits (Qt, wxWidgets) advantageous. OpenGL. Cross platform development including OSX, Linux and Windows. Successful track record of working in a development team. Excellent knowledge of development tools and processes. Experience of commercial software development to deadlines. Good communication skills, organization, and time management. Experience of modeling, sculpting, 3D painting and animation beneficial. Experience of Python beneficial.
Desired Skills:
Knowledge of C++ development tools and processes. Experience of commercial software development. Experience of working in a development team. Experience of cross OS development including OSX and Linux.
Applying To be considered for this position you will need to be eligible to work in the UK, have a valid passport for travel outside the UK and the ability to travel to the US within a few weeks of employment. If you meet the criteria and are interested, please send your covering letter, CV, salary expectations and notice period to [email protected] with the subject “C++ Engineer”.
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C++ Engineer This is a fantastic opportunity to join The Foundry & Luxology. The portfolio lets users create inspiring and technical high-end visuals across a wide range of industries including film, TV, commercials and games, as well as the CAD, design and architecture markets. Founded in 1996, The Foundry is the fastest growing company in its field today. The company is experiencing rapid growth and has listed in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 for three consecutive years running. In September 2012, The Foundry merged with Luxology, a hugely talented and exciting independent USbased technology company. As a joint entity The Foundry and Luxology, develop award-winning computer graphics and visual effects (VFX) software used globally by leading artists and designers. The company now has more than 200 employees divided between its London, Mountain View and Los Angeles offices. Our team is incredibly focused on servicing customers and constantly strives to create and deliver innovative, revolutionary solutions to a wide range of markets. The Foundry's innovative, award winning products are used to create breath-taking visual effects on almost every modern feature film, TV show and commercial created today. Feature film examples include the 2012 Oscar® winners Hugo (Best Visual Effects) and Rango (Best Animated Feature Film), Puss in Boots, Rio, The Dark Knight Rises, Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists and many more. High profile television projects have included Game of Thrones, Planet Dinosaur and the EMMY award winning Boardwalk Empire. Luxology is well known for its innovative 3D modelling and rendering technology, modo, which is widely used in the CAD, design and architecture markets. Our joint vision is “To become the most successful and respected software company within the professional visual media industries.” To achieve this we are looking to hire exceptional people to help drive our growth and successfully launch existing and new products in to the visual effects and games market. The Role As a C++ engineer you will contribute to our products by writing code, authoring automated tests, and playing a part in the planning and delivering of releases. For the specific project we are recruiting for, you will:
Use OpenGL to enable realtime visualization of complex, high-poly 3D scenes. Interface multiple applications and renderers (e.g. Arnold, RenderMan) together through file transfer, SDK, socket and interprocess communication.
In the course of general duties, your tasks will include:
Time estimates: You will facilitate project planning by providing effort estimates for tasks assigned to you by the Lead Engineer. You will be expected to deliver on goals in a timely manner and provide regular progress updates. Maintenance: You will be expected to pro-actively contribute to software quality and stability by fixing bugs and implementing minor features.
COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL OCTOBER 2012
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Documentation: You will be expected to document your work clearly and concisely in the source code. Travel: Occasional trips to the US may occur as part of this role Represent The Foundry in a non-engineering capacity e.g. sales and site visits: from time to time, you may be expected to visit post-production sites to demonstrate the product and gather requirements from end-users.
Required Skills:
Excellent C/C++. Familiar with the development of application frameworks, in particular Linux and X11, with
experience of cross platform toolkits (Qt, wxWidgets) advantageous. OpenGL. Cross platform development including OSX, Linux and Windows. Successful track record of working in a development team. Excellent knowledge of development tools and processes. Experience of commercial software development to deadlines. Good communication skills, organization, and time management. Experience of modeling, sculpting, 3D painting and animation beneficial. Experience of Python beneficial.
Desired Skills:
Knowledge of C++ development tools and processes. Experience of commercial software development. Experience of working in a development team. Experience of cross OS development including OSX and Linux.
Applying To be considered for this position you will need to be eligible to work in the UK, have a valid passport for travel outside the UK and the ability to travel to the US within a few weeks of employment. If you meet the criteria and are interested, please send your covering letter, CV, salary expectations and notice period to [email protected] with the subject “C++ Engineer”.
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