Pipeline Platform Engineer

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Job Summary

Falcon’s Creative Group is a diversified global entertainment, consumer experience, and technology enterprise that accelerates intellectual property (IP) activations concurrently across physical and digital experiences. Founded in 2000, Falcon’s has become a powerhouse in the themed entertainment industry. Working on projects such as Halo: Outpost Discovery, National Geographic’s award-winning Becoming Jane exhibition, IMG Worlds of Adventure in Dubai, and many more, Falcon’s prides itself on delivering immersive, one-of-a-kind experiences. We are looking to expand our family of talented creators to help us push the boundaries of what’s possible.

Our pipeline supports architectural visualizations, baked visual effects and animation, real-time animation and interactive, VR/XR and other emerging forms of media. The pipeline team led by our Senior Pipeline Supervisor, composed of tool engineers, and you, a well seasoned platform engineer that’s been through prior content creation and data management systems. Our team's goal is to seamlessly manage the workflows and data between the company’s vast array of disciplines to promote creativity and efficiency. You will help us implement engineering best practices, infrastructure for next generation content creation workflows, and otherwise ensure our internal workflow platform is well architected and highly scalable/available. You love team work and understand how to build services for other developers and end users. This role is your playground if you’re insatiably itchy to build current and next generation solutions for immersive and passive experiences, in a well-managed, happy, sustainable and supportive team. This job can be in-office or remote (EST time zone preferred).

Essential Functions

• Design internal API to abstract 3rd party licensed components of the pipeline
• 3rd party components include Gitlab, Github, ShotGrid, Perforce, Maya, Houdini, Unreal, Nuke, Qumulo API
• Integrate generative AI and language models into internal tooling.
• Use content pipeline output and intermediate media formats as generative AI training data.
• Design CI/CD systems to continually deliver features to internal customers.
• Provide tool engineers, technical artists and full stack developers with well architected APIs for building discipline-specific workflow tools and end user applications.
• Ensure test coverage of codebase.
• Write excellent, detailed, and relevant developer documentation.
• Integrate cloud services with local compute resources.
• Design database for all workflow related data.
• Collaborate with IT to manage and implement pipeline and compute infrastructure
  

Job Qualifications And Requirements

• Must have a bachelor’s degree or comparable experience, with at least 7 years of experience working as a software engineer.
• Expert understanding of visual effects and animation pipelines
• Python 3
• Compute/renderfarm design and management
• Experience with ShotGrid
• Cloud computing architecture with GCP, Azure, or AWS
• Understanding of design patterns and API conventions
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with containerization and container orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Avid interest in generative AI and large language models
• Environment and package management with rez
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Insatiable curiosity
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.
• Travel may be required.
• Must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States of America.
• Will not require Falcon’s Treehouse, LLC to commence (“sponsor”) an immigration case in order to be employed (now or in the future).
  
  

Bonus Qualifications

• Architectural design workflows and visualizations (architecture as in drafting a design for a physical building for construction, not software architecture)
• Go/Java
• Experience with Bluebeam API
• Editorial workflows
  
  

About Us

Falcon’s Creative Group delivers powerful, innovative guest experiences that touch people’s lives. This is a place where cutting edge technology, compelling design, and progressive thinking intersect to spark the imagination. With each project, we strive to set the bar higher. We never do the same thing twice or take a carbon copy approach. To put it simply, we transform everyday reality every day.

The work that Falcon’s Creative Group has produced over the last few decades can be seen in theme parks, water parks, zoos, aquariums, museums, location-based entertainment venues, resorts, and restaurants. The company is headquartered in Orlando, FL, USA. Learn more at  falconscreativegroup.com.  

Falcon’s Treehouse, LLC is a drug-free workplace and employment is contingent upon passing a drug screen. We are an equal employment opportunity employer dedicated to promoting an inclusive, diverse, and innovative environment for our employees. We provide all qualified applicants with employment consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, ancestry, national origin, age, protected veteran status, marital status, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state, and local laws. Falcon’s Treehouse, LLC is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability with the job application process, please contact us at 407.909.9350 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.