JOB: Softimage and Maya SDK developers

[Andreas Bystrom]

I am forwarding the following job post on behalf of a friend of mine,
please don't reply to me directly, use the email address included
below:

Softimage and Maya Developers
Solid Angle SL
www.solidangle.com
Madrid - Spain

Solid Angle SL develops and sells Arnold, a production-quality raytracing
renderer that has been in co-development with Sony Pictures Imageworks for
years and used at various other animation and visual effects studios
worldwide.

We are actively looking for two full-time software engineers to work on
Softimage and Maya rendering plugins respectively. This work will be
performed on-site along with the Arnold Core Group based in Madrid, Spain.
Qualifying candidates with short-term availability please send your resume
and a cover letter to jo...@solidangle.com.

Required qualifications:

- Advanced C/C++ programming and debugging skills
- Experience writing commercial software subject to deadlines
- Advanced knowledge of the Softimage or Maya SDK
- Experience working in film, broadcast or videogame production
- Good English communication and writing skills
- Ability to work with customers to identify and resolve production
problems
- A passion for usability and simplified workflows with the goal of making
rendering as fun and enjoyable as it should be

Desirable qualifications:

- Experience using photorealistic rendering software, with a focus on
raytracing
- Experience writing shaders in Arnold, RenderMan or Mental Ray
- Experience with Python, and to a lesser extent other scripting languages
- Experience with memory management, multi-threading and cross-platform
development (Windows, Linux, OSX)