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Katana is a highly efficient, collaborative look development and lighting solution that gives you the creative scope and scalability to meet the needs of today’s most demanding CG-rendering projects. Equally suited to both short and long-form animation and VFX projects, Katana's unique design lets you work with massive scenes and high volumes of shots; easily reuse looks; and make revisions without repeating scene setup work, so you can spend more time achieving higher quality results.

Katana is a cross-platform (Linux & Windows) C++ application, which uses deep Python bindings for the parts of the system that are not time critical and Qt UI. As well as Python configurability, a set of APIs exists for customers to integrate Katana into their pipelines to use custom asset management, renderers, and more.

The Role.

This role is an exciting opportunity to lead one of our cross-functional Scrum teams responsible for the evolution of Katana, crafting new features and maintaining existing.

Job requirements

• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Commercial Experience (5+ years) with modern programming practises (e.g. BDD, TDD, Code Review)
• Excellent C++ and Python knowledge
• Experience of working in an Agile environment (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)
• Experience of leadership via mentoring and line management
• Experience of contributing to hiring decisions through assessing technical skills and team fit
• Experience of understanding customer workflows and practices to aid leading technical design and requirement breakdown for the team
• Experience of customer-facing communication
• Experience of presenting progress of ongoing work and reporting risks and impediments to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Well organised, good time management and ability to prioritise tasks effectively
• Experience of cross OS development including Qt across Linux and Windows
• Experience of 3D tools, e.g. Katana, Mari, Houdini, Maya
• Experience of lighting pipelines in post production
• Knowledge of GitLab, Conan and CMake
• Knowledge of Universal Scene Description(USD) and USD’s Hydra
• Experience with Test Automation

Job responsibilities

You'll be responsible for the planning and phasing of work and technical output and quality of a team comprising Software and QA Engineers, guiding them to work as a cohesive development and testing unit, as well as being their line manager while maintaining a hands-on approach to the development of new features, maintenance and infrastructure.

You’ll work closely with the team’s Product Owner to help define the deliverables and scope of the features for which your team is responsible, helping to identify and mitigate risks in advance. Using your technical skills and experience you’ll guide your team towards workable solutions, leading the breakdown and effort estimation and prioritisation of the work. You’ll report your team’s development status to stakeholders, detailing progress, impediments and risks in a timely manner. You’ll also provide recommendations on go / no go decisions for releases affecting your team. You'll interact with customers in areas of team expertise to understand and solve or mitigate any issues that arise with delivered features.

As line manager you will ensure individuals career development and managing performance where relevant. You'll ensure your team is happy, motivated, and productive.

THE COMPANY.

Foundry has a heritage of more than 25 years, developing creative software for the Media and Entertainment industry. Its portfolio of award-winning products solves complex visualization challenges to turn incredible ideas into reality.

Working with creative leaders around the globe, Foundry products are used to create breathtaking visual effects and animation and have been integral in the making of every VFX Academy Award-winning film for the past decade.

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