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ABOUT THE COMPANY
Rhythm & Hues is a multiple Academy Award® winning film production studio specializing in visual effects and computer animation for feature films and television commercials. Recent films include Night At The Museum 2, Fast & Furious, The Mummy 3, The Incredible Hulk, and The Golden Compass. Rhythm & Hues has a globally distributed production infrastructure with studios in Los Angeles, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and now Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

ROLE
Work with the CG Production Pipeline group to architect and develop tools and supporting modules for the visual effects production, in a Perl scripting language environment. Projects include studio-wide and production-specific tool development, as well as continued development of the core pipeline support modules and sub-systems. This position reports to the Pipeline Programming Lead and the Department Manager.

REQUIREMENTS
· Proficient in English, both spoken and written
· BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent
· Solid understanding of software design methodologies
· Object-oriented software design experience
· Strong scripting language experience (eg. Perl, Python)
· Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
· Excellent documentation skills
· Excellent UNIX skills
· Knowledge of relational database design and implementation

DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
· 2+ years experience in software development
· C, C++ or Java programming experience
· Familiarity with computer graphics application software (eg. Maya, Houdini, Shake, etc)
· Computer animation and/or visual effects industry experience
· Web application development experience