FX TD - Senior

Location: Hybrid in Vancouver, British Columbia; candidates must be based in British Columbia and eligible to work in Canada.

Salary: CAD 111,800–123,500 per year for a 40-hour work week. Project contract starting in September for 3 months.

Company

World-class Vancouver-based VFX studio creating visual effects for feature films and television, with services spanning concept design, pre-visualization, CG animation, compositing, and digital effects.

What you will do

• Create realistic rigid body, particle, fluid, cloth, and procedural geometry effects using Houdini and the studio pipeline.
• Build and maintain FX tools, Houdini digital assets, setups, documentation, and department best practices.
• Create shaders, render passes, beauty renders, slap comps, and FX composites.
• Estimate task timelines, communicate production risks, attend reviews and dailies, and implement supervisor and lead feedback.
• Collaborate with Lighting, Compositing, Animation, Creature FX, R&D, and other departments to resolve shot-related issues.
• Mentor junior and mid-level artists through workflows, technical approaches, troubleshooting, and career development.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of feature film or television production experience as an FX artist using Houdini.
• Excellent Houdini experience, including building and supporting HDAs and working with large setups containing multiple dependencies.
• Strong knowledge of VEX, HScript, Arnold or another 3D renderer, VDB, Alembic, compositing, and asset management in complex VFX pipelines.
• Working knowledge of Nuke, strong attention to detail, and a focus on FX quality control.
• Strong troubleshooting, time-management, communication, and cross-department collaboration skills.
• Must be based in British Columbia and eligible to work in Canada.

Nice to have

• Higher education in a related field.
• Python scripting, Linux/Unix scripting, Maya, or Gaffer experience.
• Experience with Naiad, RealFlow, Bullet, Blastcode, other solvers, or HDK.

Culture & Benefits

• Supportive, respectful, diverse, and collaborative workplace.
• R&D-focused environment with continually evolving production pipelines.
• Extended healthcare coverage from day one with premiums fully covered.
• Up to 8 paid Health and Wellness days per year.