Sr. Pipeline Engineer

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Design, build, and maintain pipeline and artist-facing tools: launchers, publishers, loaders, review and notes tools
• ▹Build front-ends across web (TypeScript/JavaScript), Qt/PySide desktop, and in-engine Unreal surfaces
• ▹Develop and maintain integrations with Maya, Unreal, and Nuke through Python APIs
• ▹Maintain Perforce integration on Windows
• ▹Work within and extend the AYON-based pipeline
• ▹Build AI-assisted features into pipeline tooling and use AI tools day-to-day
• ▹Own tools through their full lifecycle
• ▹Manage your own work and priorities with no project managers
• ▹Collaborate directly with artists and supervisors

Requirements

• ▹Strong computer-science foundation: data structures, algorithms, systems design
• ▹Strong software-engineering practice: maintainable, well-tested code
• ▹Professional Python experience for day-to-day development
• ▹Depth in a systems / close-to-the-hardware language: C++, Rust, C, Zig, or similar
• ▹UI/UX and front-end ability: web TypeScript/JavaScript, Qt/PySide, in-engine tools
• ▹Comfortable using AI tools day-to-day
• ▹Excellent English communication, C1 or higher, near-native
• ▹User-centered mindset
• ▹Senior-level experience owning systems end to end with high autonomy

Nice to have

• ▹VFX, animation, or virtual-production pipeline experience
• ▹Maya, Unreal, Nuke, Houdini, or similar DCC tools
• ▹AYON, OpenPype, or other pipeline frameworks
• ▹Perforce or Git at scale

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Fully remote, open to candidates across Latin America and Europe
• ▹Flexible schedule with a daily overlap window on PT or ET time

About the company

Halon Entertainment is a visualization and technology studio delivering previz, postviz, virtual production, game trailers, and cinematics for film, games, and advertising.