Render Technical Director
Core
Bridge creative departments (Lighting, Surfacing, FX) and render infrastructure to audit, profile, and optimize high-density production scenes for maximum image quality and minimized compute cost.
Role type
Senior IC Render Technical Director
Builds
Optimized render passes and final frames for feature films and TV series
Domain
Animation production / Computer Graphics
Required skills
Scene graph traversal, shading network debugging, sampling fine-tuning, performance profiling, Python scripting, Lua scripting, memory leak detection, ray-tracing algorithms, color management (ACES/OCIO)
Preferred skills
Volumetric shaders, OSL/C++ shader development, queue management platforms (Pixar Tractor), academic background in CS/Physics/Math
Technologies
Renderman, Arnold, Karma, Katana, Nuke, Python, Lua, OSL, C++, Native DCC engine profilers
Responsibilities
Inspect high-density scenes for geometry, textures, and shading network efficiency; diagnose and resolve complex render failures (crashes, artifacts, memory limits); adjust sampling and ray depths to meet frame budgets; profile CPU, I/O, and memory usage to isolate bottlenecks; build and maintain internal tools/scripts for automated workflows
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
