Backend Services Engineer

As a Backend Services Engineer at Scanline VFX, you will play a crucial role in developing, deploying, and maintaining back-end services for the VFX pipeline. This position requires expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and containerized build and deployment pipelines. You'll be responsible for defining best practices and enabling other developers to contribute to the suite of service APIs.

Key responsibilities include:

• Architecting, designing, building, and deploying complex services and APIs for the VFX pipeline and development team
• Gathering requirements across large collaboration efforts spanning multiple departments
• Writing technical briefs and user documentation
• Partnering with software development leadership and pipeline team to identify and schedule tasks

The ideal candidate should have:

• Expert-level Python development skills
• Experience in designing and developing scalable and maintainable services and APIs
• Familiarity with automated build and deployment systems in Gitlab or similar
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration systems
• Knowledge of SQL and ability to author schemas

Preferred qualifications include:

• Familiarity with VFX Pipelines and production needs
• Experience with event queuing and consumption services such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Scanline VFX, powered by Netflix, is committed to pushing the boundaries of visual effects. The company encourages innovation and values input from all team members. As part of Eyeline Studios, the virtual production division, you'll be at the forefront of real-time filmmaking technology.

This is a hybrid position based in Vancouver, offering a competitive salary range of $120,000 - $180,000 per year, depending on qualifications, skills, and experience. Join a dynamic team that's rethinking the future of filmmaking and visual effects!