• Job Description

  Req#: CF9E248789

  Nuke

  Nuke®, NukeX® and Nuke Studio® offer cutting-edge toolkits for node-based compositing, editorial and review. The Nuke family's unparalleled flexibility and collaborative workflows help you get the highest quality results—fast.

  
  

  The Role

  This role is an exciting opportunity to lead one of our Scrum teams, which is responsible for delivering small but must-have features, feature updates and maintenance to the Nuke product. You'll be responsible for the 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.

  To be successful in your role you’ll need good knowledge of the software development lifecycle. 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. 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 liaise with third-party vendors, such as camera manufacturers, and customers to understand new requirements and solve or mitigate issues that arise with delivered features.

  Using your technical skills and experience you’ll guide your team towards workable solutions, leading the breakdown and effort estimation of the work. You’ll also be responsible for ensuring that solutions are tested, validated and documented effectively by your team. As the person responsible for your team’s delivery, you should ensure that technical debt is flagged and resolved, and that targets and allocation of the team’s resources are in line with the expectations and prioritisation set by the Product Owner.

  As a line manager and team leader, you'll need some management experience and working knowledge of Agile and Scrum. You'll ensure your team members’ career development and evaluate and manage performance. You’ll be resolving conflict or disagreement if it occurs, with support from an Engineering Manager. You'll ensure the team members are happy, motivated, and productive, and collaborate with your team to identify and implement organisation and process improvements if necessary. You’ll also be taking responsibility for hiring decisions in conjunction with the Engineering Manager.

  
  

  • Commercial experience (5+ years) of
  • • Modern programming practises (e.g. BDD, TDD, code reviews)
    • Automated testing
    • Developing and delivering for multithreaded, high-performance applications
  • Excellent C++ knowledge
  • Experience of working in an Agile environment (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)
  • Experience of leadership via mentoring or line management
  • Experience of contributing to hiring decisions
  • Experience of understanding customer workflows and practises to aid leading technical design and requirement breakdown
  • Experience of presenting progress of ongoing work and reporting risks and impediments to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Experience of external-facing communication
  • Well organised, good time management and ability to prioritise tasks effectively

  Advantageous experience

  • Knowledge of video file formats and encoding/decoding (e.g. FFMpeg, QuickTime)
  • Cross-OS development on Linux, macOS (OS X) and Windows
  • GUI application development, preferably with Qt
  • Knowledge of Python
  • Optimisation experience, including the use of profiling software, such as Intel’s VTune or Xcode Instruments
  • Programming computer graphics and/or image processing applications in 2D/3D
  • Knowledge of CMake, Conan, GitLab
  • Knowledge of VFX post-production workflows, and finishing and/or colour science
  • Writing automated tests

  
  

  The company

  Foundry has a 25-year heritage developing creative software for the Media and Entertainment industry and a portfolio of award-winning products. It advances the art and technology of visual experience with creative leaders around the globe, including major feature film studios and post-production houses such as ILM, DNEG, Pitch Black, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Wētā FX, Pixar, Marvel, Netflix, Framestore and Technicolor Creative Studios.

  In partnership with these companies, Foundry solves complex visualization challenges to turn incredible ideas into reality. Its products are used to create breathtaking visual effects and animation on a wide range of feature films, episodic content and commercials.

  Foundry software was integral in the making of every VFX Academy Award-winning film for the past decade and has been recognized and honored at the highest level in the industry, including four Academy Sci-Tech awards for Mari, Katana, Nuke and Furnace, two HPA Engineering Excellence awards for Flix and Nuke respectively, and an Engineering Emmy for Nuke.

  Founded in 1996, Foundry is headquartered in London, with over 300 people worldwide and a presence in the US, Canada, China, Japan, Australia and Ireland.

  For more information visit www.foundry.com

  
  

  • Pension scheme & life assurance
  • Health cash plan & medical insurance
  • Bonus scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Company’s social events
  • Anniversary day off
  • Passion Days
  • Flexible working
  • Annual personal learning & development time

  
  

• About the company

  Foundry creates pioneering software for creative industries across Digital Design, Media and Entertainment.

Notice