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Mumbai · On-site · 1-3 Yrs · 1 day ago
Film Production · 1001 to 5000 Employees · London, United Kingdom
We are one of the world’s leading visual effects, animation and stereo conversion companies for feature film and television, with studios in London, Vancouver, Mumbai, Los Angeles, Chennai, Montréal, Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Goa. Since the opening of our first studio in London in 1998 we’ve always focused on building close working relationships with filmmakers. We thrive on collaboration and the creative energy this provides, and we are dedicated to delivering excellence on every project we are involved with.
Hiring: Engineering
What employees say
+ Great Projects , amazing pipeline.
− Tight deadlines , weekend working , Overtime without pay.
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Interview experience · VFX Artist
Mostly Technical Questions , and expertise in the industry, explain one of you work , how you did it and all and process. then typical questions regarding your professional career and people you worked with typical quest
Easy difficulty · Bangalore Rural · 28 reports
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Overview
ML Software Developer, ML Technology (Brahma DDU)
Responsibilities
- Deploy ML solutions and integrate AI tooling within the VFX pipeline with minimal burden on artists and production.
- Design and build web front-end UIs (dashboards, curation tools, job control, review) that make ML/automation workflows intuitive and accessible.
- Collaborate with global stakeholders and architects to implement cost-effective data and MLOps pipelines; document methodologies.
- Build, package, and configure complex software systems across Linux.
- Improve efficiency, stability, and observability through profiling, metrics, and tracing.
- Validate work with methodical testing (unit/integration/e2e).
- Write clear technical documentation and workflow guides for artists and developers.
- Manage escalated troubleshooting and debugging for ML-driven tools and services.
- Work collaboratively under tight deadlines; mentor developers, assign tasks where appropriate, and report to the Head of ML Technology.
- Enforce standards via CI: formatting (e.g., black/clang-format), linting (ruff/eslint, clang-tidy), typing (Python type hints, TypeScript), and test coverage gates.
- Require code reviews for all merges; maintain modular, testable designs with clear separation of concerns and DCC-agnostic cores where applicable.
- Documented APIs (OpenAPI/Protobuf), versioned schemas, and backward-compatible changes.
- Secure-by-default practices (authn/z, secrets management), performance budgets, and telemetry by design.
- Languages: Python 3.x (tooling and ML integration), C++17 (performance-critical components), TypeScript/JavaScript (web UIs).
- Web front-end: React (or Vue), modern build tooling, REST/GraphQL clients.
- Services: FastAPI/Flask, gRPC/HTTP; containerized on Linux.
- Build/packaging: CMake; setuptools/pip/poetry; RPM/deb where appropriate.
- VCS/CI: Git; GitHub/GitLab CI or Jenkins.
Qualifications
- Strong programming and shell-scripting skills (Python; Bash).
- Experience building and troubleshooting non-trivial packages (C++11–17, CMake, autotools, setuptools/pip/poetry, RPM).
- Linux expertise and command-line proficiency.
- Solid grasp of systems architecture and software engineering fundamentals.
- Ability to articulate complex technology to non-experts and collaborate openly.
- Confidence in navigating ambiguity and providing pragmatic solutions.
- Proactive mindset and comfort with multiple priorities.
- Logical, methodical approach to problem solving.
Nice to have
- Significant experience with a major package/ports system.
- Experience monitoring, collecting, and analyzing diagnostics to drive resilience.
- Practical experience with Git and issue tracking systems (Jira).
- Familiarity with ops/CI/CD tooling (Elastic Stack, Graphite/Grafana/StatsD, Sensu, Jenkins/GitHub Actions).
- Understanding of sysadmin responsibilities (networking, filesystems, environment management).
- Relevant qualifications (CS/CE degree; RHCSA/RHCE, etc.).
- Demonstrable open-source contributions.
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Last updated 4 November 2026
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