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Develop creature-performance technologies including deformers, kinematics, solvers, rigging, crowd, and animation frameworks. Collaborate with developers, artists, Product Owners, and stakeholders to design, integrate, support, and maintain software within VFX pipelines. Apply algorithms and C++ expertise to improve creature technology performance and quality, while communicating effectively across technical and creative teams.

Designs and maintains ComfyUI workflows for audiovisual generative AI models, integrating emerging open- and closed-source tools. Collaborates with creative, GenAI, research, and ML technology teams to create scalable production solutions, support active VFX and animation projects, maintain custom environments, test photorealistic video models, and develop workflow documentation and training materials.

Leads development of Unreal Engine integrations with a proprietary VFX and animation pipeline. Designs artist-facing realtime tools, architects scalable solutions, mentors developers, manages project lifecycles, collaborates with production stakeholders, and promotes testing, documentation, and CI/CD standards. The role requires advanced Unreal Engine expertise, C++ and Python development across Linux and Windows, Agile leadership, and strong communication skills.

Create high-quality 3D character models for animated films using reference materials and adapting to varied artistic styles. Participate in dailies, reviews, and production discussions; incorporate artistic and technical feedback; quality-check assets; and follow DNEG modeling workflows and pipeline tools. The role requires strong anatomy knowledge, digital sculpting skills, experience with Maya and ZBrush, familiarity with rendering software, and close collaboration with modeling leads and supervisors.

Manage VFX feature film production across multiple sites, coordinating producers, supervisors, artists, departments, schedules, milestones, resources, and client relationships. Develop shot schedules, track weekly progress, resolve creative and technical challenges, allocate crews, and ensure timely delivery of assets, shots, and final sequences.

Leads the long-term technical direction of a product portfolio supporting VFX and feature animation. Owns architectural coherence, roadmap evolution, cross-product trade-offs, technical risk, platform debt, and engineering governance. Partners with product engineering leaders and architects to align platforms with production needs, business priorities, and scalable delivery. Requires strategic leadership across large software portfolios, deep production technology expertise, and strong communication with engineering, production, and executive stakeholders.

Lead look development for photorealistic character assets in a high-end VFX pipeline. Create and refine materials, shaders, and surface details using Houdini, Maya, and Solaris; collaborate with texturing, lighting, and pipeline teams; troubleshoot shading challenges; improve workflows; and balance visual quality with render efficiency. The role requires end-to-end asset ownership, strong artistic judgment, technical leadership, and familiarity with USD, real-time workflows, and shading languages.

Create and support character grooming for animated feature films, ensuring appealing designs and production-ready results. Troubleshoot and improve grooming tools, workflows, and pipelines while collaborating with Rigging, Animation, CFX, Surfacing, and production technology teams. Provide technical support and training, document tools and protocols, participate in workflow meetings, and communicate effectively with both artistic and technical stakeholders.

Develop and maintain high-performance facial rigs for digital humans and creatures in high-end VFX productions. Build FACS-based systems using blendshapes, joints, and procedural deformation; support facial performance capture and retargeting workflows; troubleshoot deformation issues; optimize rigs for production; and collaborate with modeling, animation, pipeline, and capture teams to deliver expressive, photoreal, animator-friendly performances.

Create highly accurate digital likenesses and expressive facial assets for VFX and television projects. Build neutral and FACS expression models, animation-friendly topology, efficient UVs, and hero-quality assets for close-ups, LED volumes, and real-time workflows. Collaborate with texture, shader, look-development, and rigging teams while incorporating feedback and ensuring likeness accuracy, anatomical fidelity, and production quality.