13 часов назад
Lead Render Wrangler (VFX)
Вакансия из Hirify Global, списка международных tech-компанийДля мэтча и отклика нужен Plus
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Lead Render Wrangler (VFX): Establishing, operating, and optimizing a hybrid render farm for feature film production with an accent on render queue management, infrastructure troubleshooting, and production coordination. Focus on diagnosing failed jobs across scenes, software, licensing, storage, hardware, and pipeline systems, while building scalable monitoring, documentation, capacity-planning, and escalation workflows.
Location: Onsite in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Company
is a growing visual storytelling and VFX studio collaborating on feature film projects with DC Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, and 6th & Idaho.
What you will do
- Set up, configure, test, and operate the studio render farm for feature film production.
- Monitor render queues, worker health, machine availability, storage, job failures, and farm utilization.
- Troubleshoot stalled or inefficient jobs across scenes, assets, software, licensing, hardware, plugins, storage, and pipeline configuration.
- Coordinate render priorities with VFX Production, Supervisors, artists, department leads, Pipeline, and IT.
- Develop monitoring, reporting, documentation, escalation, shift-handoff, and resource-management workflows.
- Support CPU/GPU on-premises rendering, artist workstations, cloud rendering, capacity planning, and the growth of the Render Wrangler team.
Requirements
- Lead or senior Render Wrangler experience in VFX, animation, feature film, or another high-volume CG production environment.
- Professional experience with render farm operations, pipeline support, systems support, or comparable technical production work.
- Experience with render farm management systems such as Deadline, OpenCue, Qube!, or Tractor; experience with Deadline Monitor, Client, and Workers.
- Strong understanding of CG rendering workflows, render logs, production pipelines, storage, network resources, and shared systems.
- Experience with VFX applications such as Maya, Houdini, Nuke, or Unreal Engine and with cloud rendering services such as AWS Deadline Cloud.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines, explain technical issues clearly, work independently, and mentor other Render Wranglers.
Nice to have
- Experience building, expanding, migrating, or configuring a VFX or animation render farm.
- CPU- and GPU-based rendering experience, including Arnold or Unreal rendering workflows.
- Scripting or automation experience with Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar tools.
- Experience with Flow Production Tracking, software licensing, license servers, render metrics, capacity planning, utilization reporting, or cost analysis.
- Experience in a startup or rapidly growing studio where infrastructure and workflows are developed alongside active production.
Culture & Benefits
- Work in a growing studio environment where systems and workflows are actively being developed.
- Collaborate across Pipeline, IT, Technical Direction, Production, Supervisors, and creative departments.
- Join an inclusive and respectful workplace committed to diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences.
- Equal employment opportunity protections apply under federal, state, and local law.
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