Jobs at Netflix in Australia, Sydney

Job Summary:

What You’ll Do:

• Follow a brief to produce complex production ready rigs of a high standard

• Work with the Modeling Department to ensure that models are suitable for rigging and performance requirements.

• Work with Animators to develop and prototype rigs for a broad range of creative and technical requirements.

• Support rigs as they move through the animation pipeline and developing supplementary Animation tools and processes.

• A good artistic eye, and the necessary software dexterity to produce, or correct shapes and models when it might tighten the feedback loop with another department.

What You’ll Need:

• 3+ years’ experience in feature animation, VFX, and/or animated television with a focus in Rigging

• Proficiency with Maya, and a strongly node-oriented approach to problems.

• Proficiency with Python and the ability to navigate a large managed code base, or willingness to learn in a fast-paced technical environment.

• Ability to troubleshoot and manage communication during the support phase of published rigs, as they move through shots and departments.

• Ability to comfortably work to specs as precisely or as creatively as a brief outline.

• Eagerness to learn and share with your peers, in a development and learning oriented professional environment.

The following will be highly regarded, but is not required:

• Foundational knowledge of trigonometry and linear algebra.

• Experience with character related simulation (soft tissues and localized secondary).

• Experience with cloth simulation.

• Experience with C++

We are seeking a highly skilled Post Engineer with a strong ability to troubleshoot complex issues and work collaboratively with cross-functional teams. This role requires a deep understanding of media workflows, including audio and video, and proficiency with professional tools such as Autodesk RV, Baselight, Teradici, and Avid Media Composer. Experience in SDR and HDR color workflows is essential. You will provide high-level support for frontline maintenance and troubleshooting of all physical and post-production-related equipment, as well as assist with the planning, designing, procurement, and implementation of media technology systems.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide expert troubleshooting and maintenance of media systems and associated software (Avid, Baselight, RV).

• Collaborate strategically and tactically with Feature Animation, DI, and Editorial teams to solve complex media workflow issues.

• Maintain and calibrate Christie & Barco digital cinema DLP projectors and other displays.

• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation using tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office 365, and Visio.

• Perform hardware, firmware, and software upgrades on media-related workstations.

• Develop and optimize efficient workflows for post-production services through research and evaluation of new technologies and trends.

• Liaise with Systems Engineers to enhance system performance and reliability.

• Configure video and KVM routing systems to meet production needs.

• Participate in off-hours maintenance, upgrades, and installation of systems as required.

• Ensure adherence to best security practices and maintain them consistently.

• Provide technical training to staff and support the broader IT team as needed.

What You’ll Need:

• 2+ years of experience in a similar role within AV, IT, Post Production/Broadcast environments.

• Strong experience in the entertainment/media industry is highly desirable.

• Proven installation and maintenance experience with complex audio/video systems.

• Qualifications in Audio Visual/Broadcast or related fields (or equivalent professional experience) are highly desirable.

• In-depth knowledge and experience with projection technology, AV networking, and streaming technology.

• Demonstrated expertise in troubleshooting OS and application issues.

• Experience in creating and maintaining detailed documentation and providing technical training.

• Strong collaborative and customer-focused mindset with the ability to manage internal and external relationships effectively.

• Be a strategic thought partner with business stakeholders to define high impact analytical problems and innovative ways to solve them with data.

• Develop statistical models explaining viewership, content engagement, and other key behavioral patterns.

• Build dashboards and visualization that enables stakeholders to self-serve metrics and trends effectively.

• Actively socialize and educate, aiding on interpretation.

• Translate analytic insights into actionable recommendations for business or content improvement, and communicate these findings clearly to a broad audience.

• Identify and proactively socialize regional insights, including those that may generalize to opportunities in other markets.

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to influence stakeholders using clear insights and recommendations.

• Exceptional thought partnership to build credibility and relationships with stakeholders.

• Strong statistical knowledge: understanding of predictive modeling; ability to tease out incrementality vs. correlations, confounder identification and amelioration, etc.

• Basic understanding of experimentation including power calculations and interpretation of results.

• Strong SQL skills and experience with distributed analytic processing technologies (S3, Presto, Hive, & Spark).

• Strong skills in Python or R.

• Highly effective in engaging with diverse stakeholders and adept at cultivating strong partnerships.

• Passionate about communicating difficult concepts to non-technical audiences.

• Self-starter who thrives under a high level of autonomy.

• Enthusiastic about Netflix culture.

Job Summary:

You may have a background in film, animation, television, visualization or games fields. An interest in mathematics and/or physics would be beneficial.

What You’ll Do:

• Experience working with our procedural tools for fur/hair/feathers, cloth, vegetation and stylized effects. Work on our new simulation toolset for Character FX artists to bring dynamic motion to these procedural effects.

• Experience a variety of challenges with every show/project to cater to the look and style of the film.

• Work alongside some of the best artists and developers in the world.

• Integrate those tools and techniques into both established and new artist workflows.

• Collaborate directly with the artists who will be utilizing the tools you develop.

• Collaborate with grace, humility, inclusion, and open-mindedness.

What You’ll Need:

• A tertiary qualification in Computer Science or Engineering or Math/Geometry.

• 5 or more years of experience in a VFX/animation/game field, specifically working with procedural geometry and/or physical simulation.

• Software development experience using C++.

• Working knowledge of relevant applications such as Houdini and Maya, including their APIs.

• Ability to develop tools and UIs for creative users.

• Experience with UNIX / LINUX.

• Willingness to work in a fast-paced production environment.

• Ability to work as part of a team, as well as independently for some tasks.

• Experience writing high-performance code: profiling tools, optimization, multi-threading and SIMD.

• Mathematical skills and familiarity with algorithms for numerical simulation of cloth and hair.

• Some experience with GPU programming (e.g. CUDA).

• Working knowledge of other relevant APIs or extension languages, such as OpenGL,OpenVDB, CUDA, Boost, TBB, USD, or Eigen.

• An appreciation of design aesthetics.

• Excellent verbal, written, and e-social communication skills.