Sr Pipeline Engineer

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General Summary

At LAIKA, we craft breathtaking stop motion films by blending timeless artistic techniques with innovative technology. As a Sr Pipeline Engineer on the Studio Pipeline team, you'll play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining the pipeline and workflow tools that empower artists and production managers throughout the creative process. In this role, you'll provide hands-on pipeline support and troubleshoot a wide range of editorial and production management challenges across every stage of our filmmaking process. You'll report to the Studio Pipeline Sr Manager and collaborate closely with other engineers and development teams, as well as artists and production managers in the fabrication, stage, VFX and editorial departments.

To thrive in this role, you bring strong problem-solving skills, clear communication, and a collaborative mindset. You're organized, adaptable, and comfortable managing multiple priorities. You approach challenges with curiosity and initiative, exercise sound judgment, and help foster a positive and inclusive team culture.

Job Functions

• Design, develop, and maintain production management and asset-tracking tools and services that support ongoing production needs including CLI, Qt, and web-based applications.
• Architect scalable, extensible, and performant systems that align with modern development principles and support the long-term evolution of the studio pipeline.
• Collaborate closely with artists, leads, production managers, and fellow developers to gather requirements and translate creative and operational needs into reliable, user-centered technical solutions.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical partners.
• Provide user support for FlowPT (ShotGrid), production management tools, and other pipeline-related workflows, diagnosing and resolving issues efficiently.
• Support multi-OS production environments, including macOS, Windows, and Rocky Linux.
• Promote code quality and maintainability through thoughtful design, comprehensive unit testing, peer reviews, and thorough documentation.
• Champion automation and reliability, contributing to CI / CD workflows, deployment pipelines, and observability (logging, metrics, and monitoring).
• Contribute to technical strategy by sharing insights, evaluating new technologies, and helping integrate emerging industry tools and standards into the pipeline.
• Develop and share knowledge by authoring technical guides, training materials, and documentation that help artists, developers, and production teams grow their understanding of the pipeline.
• Mentor and support junior engineers, offering guidance, feedback, and opportunities for learning and professional growth.
• Collaborate with empathy, inclusion, and open-mindedness, fostering a positive and respectful team culture.

Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Physical demands : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk; stand; sit; use hands to operate standard office equipment; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear both in person and by telephone. The employee must lift and / or move up to 15 pounds. Vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment : While performing the duties of this job, the employee works under typical office conditions and is exposed to variable indoor temperatures. The noise level is usually quiet or moderate.

Location

On-site in Hillsboro, OR, and eligible for hybrid and / or remote work (in CA, OR, or WA only).

Salary

Salary Is Commensurate With Skills And Experience.

Job Details

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

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