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subject: Pipeline Database Developer , Mainframe Entertainment Inc.

Mainframe Entertainment Inc. is looking for Pipeline Database Developer

Job details: Responsibilities Include:

- Participate in the development and maintenance of leading-edge proprietary toolsets and next generation production pipeline.

- Identify deficiencies, and design and implement solutions for current production workflow

- Actively contribute to the growth of the Production Technology Department

- Provide training/tutorials to production staff

- Write clear documentations for tools/scripts.

- Acquire and maintain up-to-date knowledge in the relevant fields

- Represent the technical achievements and capabilities of Rainmaker Animation

Duties Include:

- Primary duties include system, database and pipeline programming.

- Design, develop, and maintain the proprietary tools used in animation production

- Collaborate with technical directors in determining the software and pipeline needs of current and future productions

- Interact with the IT Department with respect to operating, file, and network systems? issues

- Provide secondary technical support and training to production teams as applicable

- Provide web developers with the appropriate internal software support pages (documentation, tutorials)

- Evaluate and recommend relevant commercial/external software

- Interact with commercial vendors with respect to technical issues affecting proprietary software

- Attend regular department meetings

- Assist the Manager of Production Technology in strategic planning

- Participate, when applicable, in software developer candidates? interviews

- Maintain contacts with academia/industry to keep current on new research and competitor developments

- Read relevant journal/conference/technical articles

- Attend industry conferences and seminars

- Develop and present lectures/papers for academia/industry as applicable

Qualifications:

- Bachelor?s degree in Computer Science or equivalent education

- 4+ years of software development experience

- 2+ years of production-related industry developing pipeline/system tools.

- Thorough knowledge of Python.

- Very strong knowledge of shell, object-oriented design/programming, Linux software development.

- Very strong knowledge of Database Programming (Python and MySQL)

- Good knowledge of Web programming.

- Experience developing tools for production render farms. (Qube/Alfred/Grid Engine.etc)

- Experience Developing GUI interfaces. (QT/wxWidgets/etc)

- Strong software development skills

- Knowledge of C++/VBScript/Html/AJAX

- Knowledge of high end 3D software packages preferred (Maya or XSI)

- Development experience Maya preferred (scripts, shaders and/or plugins)

- Excellent problem solving and communication skills

- Proven ability to work both independently and in a team

- Must be proactive

- Experience with Quality Assurance is an asset.

- Experience programming with Shake/Avid/DFusion/Bojou/Lightwave/Houdini is an asset.

Thank you in advance for your application! Due to the high volume of
applications, we only contact those applicants who are short-listed for
interviews.

If you are interested in this position, please apply via our corporate
website www.mainframe.ca
Or, by post to:
Attn: Recruiting
Rainmaker Animation
Suite 200-2025 West Broadway
Vancouver BC V6J 1Z6


Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada