# Software Engineer, Cinematic Tools

Summary We are seeking a highly experienced and collaborative Software Engineer to help drive the design, implementation, and support of tools for Absurd’s cinematic content pipeline. As a Cinematics Pipeline Tools Engineer, you will be passionate about developing tools and systems that enable animators, audio engineers, and cinematic producers to create world-class cinematic content for our games. Your mission will be to ensure a streamlined process for moving content from capture through a variety of production tools and ultimately into our games. You will work across a broad range of technologies and workflows, developing C# tools to automate audio and motion capture collection and processing; C# and Node.js tools to support studio operations such as scheduling and actor database management; tools for ingesting assets into Unreal Engine; C++ and Python tools for moving content to and from external applications such as Premiere, Maya, and Pro Tools; and C++ tools for working with cinematic content directly within Unreal Engine. Core Responsibilities Work directly with leadership from Absurd’s production department to identify audio and motion capture toolchain requirements, and

- **Id**: 800223
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/absurdventures-software-engineer-cinematic-tools>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Santa Monica, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-10T17:36:43Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T19:18:05Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 58
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3634
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- **Benefits**: Equity, Life insurance, Parental leave, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Film Production, Game Development

## Company

- **Id**: 669423
- **Name**: Absurd Ventures
- **Domain**: absurdventures.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/absurdventures>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Salary

- **Min**: 130000
- **Max**: 155000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 155000

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Maya** — Optional: no
- **Node JS** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Unreal Engine** — Optional: no
- **Audiokinetic Wwise** — Optional: yes
- **DaVinci Resolve** — Optional: yes
- **JavaScript** — Optional: yes
- **Jenkins** — Optional: yes
- **TeamCity** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 58

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-12T07:21:38Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 29
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.649
- **P room**: 0.45
- **Age days**: 57
- **Expected fill days**: 36
- **Reasons**: conf:3, velocity, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 155000
- **Is top pay**: no

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