Stylized Look of Picture Engineer

Sony Pictures Imageworks is located on the unceded traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. We are committed to respecting traditional lands, and working with communities towards reconciliation.

Sony Pictures Imageworks Canada Inc.

725 Granville Street, 5th Floor

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V7K 1Y4

Language in work environment - English

Benefits per company policy: include healthcare, tuition reimbursement, RRSP's, Sick and Vacation leave, standard increases as applicable

Sony Pictures Imageworks is seeking a Stylized Look of Picture Engineer! 

Reporting to (Head of Look Development) The position will play a vital role in supporting our efforts to develop stylized non-photorealistic rendering techniques at Sony Imageworks.

This is an outstanding opportunity to work on some of the industry's most demanding styles. Films such as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Mitchells Vs. The Machines are examples of art-based rendering that exemplify the various styles we have achieved at Imageworks. 

We seek a candidate with a strong balance of creativity and technical expertise who can collaborate closely with creative supervisors and artists. You will help us push the boundaries of visual storytelling by developing the next generation of tools that will drive future productions.

The ideal candidate has a keen artistic eye and the ability to take full ownership of tools—developing, implementing, and integrating them into shots. While Nuke will serve as the primary platform for prototyping, experience with shader writing, look development, lighting, and rendering would be highly beneficial.

What You'll Do: 

• Working with the Look of Picture team, you will help write tools for the Shading, Rendering, and Compositing teams to achieve stylized looks.
• Educate and support artists using these tools.
• Document and create examples of the tool’s output.
• Help streamline existing toolsets to increase the team’s efficiency.
• Report to the Look of Picture Supervisor/DFX Supervisor

What You Bring: 

• Bachelor in Computer Science or equivalent
• Solid understanding of developing tools for the NPR pipeline
• Advanced experience programming in Python, OSL and C++ with a high level of technical ability using Katana, Houdini and Maya.
• Experience with Nuke’s Python APIs, NDK, gizmos, BlinkScript, and compositing workflows
• A minimum of 3 years creating libraries, custom plugins, and UI tools for VFX studios
• Knowledge of UI design and toolkits, specifically QT/PyQT
• Knowledge of compositing, lighting and studio pipeline development
• Experience with UNIX / Linux / git
• Experience with USD
• Creativity, self-sufficiency, and drive.
• Bonus: Knowledge of different artistic styles and mediums like watercolour, gouache, graphite, inking. Passionate about design, drawing, painting or photography.

The anticipated base salary for this position is $45.34 to $65.10/hr. Benefits are per company policy: which include healthcare, tuition reimbursement, RRSP's, Sick and Vacation leave, standard increases as applicable. The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location of the position.

Please note that you must be able to provide a demo reel that illustrates your relevant artistic and technical experience that also includes the nuances for this specific role.

We value unique perspectives, and want diverse, unique talent to work with us. We encourage candidates from all identities to apply.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics.