Cloud Developer (VFX)

TL;DR

Cloud Developer (VFX): Developing and optimizing cloud infrastructure software, automation frameworks, CI/CD, and deployment tools for a visual effects studio with an accent on multi-region architecture, high-performance storage management, and cost optimization. Focus on designing scalable distributed systems, implementing security automation, and ensuring system reliability for cutting-edge VFX workflows.

Location: Hybrid in London

Company

hirify.global is a creative community and world-class visual effects studio that creates outstanding content.

What you will do

• Develop cloud infrastructure software, automation frameworks, CI/CD, and deployment tools.
• Build and maintain multi-region infrastructure, resource management systems, schedulers, and orchestration tools.
• Develop monitoring, observability, cost optimisation, data movement, replication, and storage solutions.
• Optimise cloud service interactions for performance, cost, and reliability.
• Implement security automation, compliance tooling, and disaster recovery procedures.
• Collaborate with Technologists and Pipeline on multi-region architecture implementation and failover systems.

Requirements

• 5+ years software development experience with strong proficiency in at least two of: Python, C++, Shell Scripting, Go, Rust.
• 3+ years of hands-on cloud development experience.
• Deep knowledge of AWS services, including EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, ECS/EKS, Systems Manager, and CloudWatch.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CDK).
• Experience designing and implementing scalable distributed systems.
• Knowledge of containerisation (Docker) and container orchestration (Kubernetes basics).
• Experience with API design and implementing authentication/authorisation flows.

Nice to have

• C++ experience for performance-critical cloud components or system-level tools.
• Kubernetes deployment and management experience.
• AWS Lambda and serverless architecture design.
• Experience with monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Datadog, CloudWatch) and log aggregation.
• Experience building cloud-based media ingest or processing workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Join a creative community where people and culture are at the core.
• Committed to supporting your ongoing development with a personal progression plan.