Image Engine Design Hiring for Software Engineer – Data Analytics & Visualization at Vancouver, BC Full Time

Your position as a Software Engineer & Data Analyst is vital to Image Engine. Your intuition and experience presenting data to both technical and non-technical users empowers you to build tools and interfaces that serve data-driven decision making at all levels of VFX production.

Reporting to the Software Engineering Supervisor, you will design, develop, and maintain end-to-end data gathering, analysis, and visualization tools. You will build intuitive, visual end-user experiences that directly impact the way we approach VFX. You will have significant responsibility and influence in shaping Image Engine’s approach to data analytics. Your clients will be our internal Producers, VFX Supervisors, Art/Content Supervisors, along with Finance & various Senior Managers.

Projects may include data-driven bidding, progress tracking, and projection tools for VFX Producers; software & hardware analytics on our ~50k vCPU “private cloud” to drive purchase decisions, or to inform CG workflow changes; Render cost predictions to drive storage decisions on our 4 petabyte local storage or to detect “cloud-burst” requirements and identify cloud-capable render jobs.

Your passion, talent, and ideas will help us bring VFX at Image Engine to the next level of efficiency and performance.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Design, implement, and support a mixture of proprietary, open-source, and third-party software for data gathering, warehousing, transformation, analysis, and visualization

Collaborate with producers, supervisors, and managers to determine analytics & visualization needs for current and future productions

Create data visualizations that are intuitive & informative for non-technical audiences

Identify and optimize bottlenecks in data gathering & analytics algorithms and workflows

Document, test, and debug tools to ensure they meet production requirements

Provide technical support, training, and tutorials to Production Staff, Supervisors, and Managers

Stay up-to-date with industry trends for data analytics & visualization

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

A university degree in Computer Science, Math, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field

2 or more years industry experience developing data warehousing, analysis, and visualization tools, or a postgraduate degree (MSc, PhD) with a strong focus on information visualization

Master’s in Computer Science or a related field an asset

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Technical skills

Experience writing software in Python required

Proficiency with SQL and elasticsearch required

Keen data sense backed by strong data visualization skills

Experience building ETLs and data pipelines within a sandboxed Linux environment

Working knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD, Git and GitHub

Experience with Kibana, Grafana, ReDash, or Knime an asset

Familiarity with VFX production workflows & data formats an asset

Core skills

Team oriented with good communication skills, able to work closely with non-technical coworkers

Preference for a structured work environment, with clearly outlined priorities

Expectation of upfront planning before proceeding with final implementation

Proactive with proven ability to work both independently and in a team

Ability to take direction and feedback from a supervisor or a peer

Excellent time management and communication skills

Ability to monitor and identify potential inefficiencies with production workflows

Excellent troubleshooting and debugging skills

Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and applications

Willingness to extend beyond your current specializations to help a larger engineering effort when required

• Candidates are required to be based in British Columbia.