Software Engineer - Rendering - Junior (VFX)

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

Salary: CAD 75,000–95,000 per year for a 40-hour work week. Project contract: 1 year.

Company

hirify.global is a Vancouver-based VFX studio creating visual effects for feature films and television, with services spanning concept design, pre-visualization, CG animation, compositing, and volumetric digital effects.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and support proprietary, open-source, and third-party software for Lighting, LookDev, and rendering workflows.
• Develop artist tools using Gaffer and Arnold, including rendering building blocks, post-process denoising, procedural scene generation, and bespoke shaders.
• Collaborate with artists, technical directors, supervisors, and VFX departments to define production needs.
• Identify and optimize bottlenecks in shading, lighting, rendering algorithms, and production workflows across CPU, GPU, and real-time environments.
• Contribute to the Cortex and Gaffer open-source initiatives and communicate with third-party software vendors about features and bug fixes.
• Document, test, debug, maintain, and provide technical support, training, and tutorials for tools, scripts, and plugins.

Requirements

• University degree in Computer Science, Math, Physics, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 2 years of software development experience in a VFX, Animation, or Games production environment, or a postgraduate degree with a strong focus on Computer Graphics.
• Solid understanding of rendering fundamentals, including the rendering equation and efficient implementation in code.
• Experience developing tools for a production-ready path tracer, preferably Arnold, and experience with OSL and GLSL.
• Experience writing software in C++ and Python and developing in a Linux environment.
• Demonstrable knowledge of high-end DCC applications and APIs such as Maya, Katana, or Nuke.
• Experience with VFX data formats and APIs such as Alembic, USD, or VDB.
• Team-oriented communication skills, ability to work closely with artists, and ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Strong planning, troubleshooting, debugging, organizational, adaptability, and production-workflow analysis skills; willingness to support broader engineering efforts.

Nice to have

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
• Familiarity with Cortex or Gaffer.
• Familiarity with modern GPU architecture.

Culture & Benefits

• Supportive, respectful, diverse, and empowering workplace culture focused on teamwork.
• Extended healthcare coverage from the first day, with premiums fully covered by hirify.global.
• Up to 8 paid Health and Wellness days per year.
• Structured environment with clear priorities, feedback, and upfront planning.
• Opportunity to contribute to open-source initiatives and advance VFX production technology.