The Walt Disney Company · 1 month ago
Software Engineer, Tools Internals (Core)
Emeryville, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$147K/yr - $191K/yr
4+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is seeking a Software Engineer on the Internals team to develop innovative filmmaking tools for Pixar's in-house and open-source software. The role involves extending feature sets, optimizing performance, and collaborating with a multi-functional team to enhance Pixar's digital content creation application, Presto.
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Responsibilities
Contribute to world-class 3D graphics software applications and frameworks that enable and support Pixar’s film production
Profile performance-critical code paths and creatively optimize algorithms to enhance interactive user experiences
Take ownership of challenges that arise from evolving and modifying software that is heavily exercised in an active production environment
Collaborate with a team of engineers, technical artists, QA, build support and project management
Work closely with other teams to plan and develop user-facing features that help our artists push boundaries, as well as libraries and APIs that enhance the capabilities of our software
Join forces with valued external partners, and help bring Pixar’s production-proven technologies to our open-source USD distribution
Work in a collaborative environment, exchanging knowledge with accomplished technicians, and drawing inspiration from amazing artists
Qualification
Required
A strong and continually-expanding understanding of C++
Solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms
Experience with STL and modern C++
Passion in crafting high-quality code with attention to detail, readability and performance in mind
Ability to design and implement APIs and frameworks as well as user-facing features
You hold yourself to a high bar when it comes to engineering methodologies, like writing maintainable code, providing good documentation and embracing automated testing
Love of the whole development cycle: From proposal and planning, to implementation, testing, optimization and deployment
You listen well and communicate clearly and succinctly
Four or more years of professional experience
Preferred
Prior exposure to performance profiling tools and workflows, parallel programming and multithreading, and cache-aware programming
Experience programming on GNU/Linux
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience or education
Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$11BKey Investors
Citibank
2020-04-13Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2020-03-20Post Ipo Debt· $6B
1978-01-06IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Iger
CEO
Christine M. McCarthy
Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
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