About the job
Join DreamWorks Animation as a Senior Render Engineer and become part of our innovative rendering team that is at the forefront of graphics technology. You will play a crucial role in enhancing our cutting-edge path tracer, MoonRay, which powers the stunning visuals seen in our films, including How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and Trolls: World Tour. With over 30 years of experience in creating cinematic magic, we are committed to delivering visually breathtaking images that are efficiently scalable across various systems. We are seeking a skilled engineer who is eager to help us push the boundaries of rendering technology. Explore our work at openmoonray.org.
Your Role:
- Research and develop essential tools and services to meet the studio's rendering requirements for features, shorts, themed entertainment, VFX, and future projects.
- Engage in advanced graphics research and development.
- Adapt physically-based path tracing techniques to create stylized visual effects.
- Contribute to the refinement and advancement of our state-of-the-art rendering technology, MoonRay.
- Optimize algorithms for both single and multi-machine performance and scalability.
- Collaborate with artists to enhance our technology in the film production process.

