As REALTIME’s Head of Engineering, you will be responsible for managing our cutting edge production software, hardware infrastructure and systems administration portfolios. Working closely with our Pipeline Manager and Management team you will develop long term strategies for our IT needs, providing key proposals to improve and expand on our capabilities and helping to take REALTIME to the next level.

As part of this role you’ll be leading our technical teams, ensuring tasks are completed on time to a high standard and also taking part in the recruitment and training of additional staff. A few of your responsibilities will involve maintaining a high standard security rating, the planning and budgeting of new infrastructure alongside taking part in industry events such as demonstrations and presentations. REALTIME are at the forefront of VFX technology and we want your help in adding the latest innovations and packages to our growing systems!

The Head of Engineering will:

• Manage our internal technical teams and ensure that resources and project requirements are planned and budgeted correctly.
• Collaborate with our Pipeline Manager to establish and monitor pipeline processes, guidelines and training.
• Develop and implement new technology strategies such as Cloud Computing & Integration of GPU processing power
• Collaborate across internal teams and external third parties where needed to monitor and improve our current infrastructure
• Maintain control of our technical production, conducting quality assurance and regular evaluations of systems

Ideally you will have:

• 10+ years in the Visual Effects industry, with experience managing and leading tech teams in this environment
• Bachelors or Masters Degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science or Engineering
• Strong knowledge of Houdini, Maya, Unreal, Arnold/Renderman.
• Proficiency in Python and C++