Software Developer – Houdini

Description

Position at DNEG

Software Developer - Houdini

DNEG’s Houdini development team augments SideFX Houdini with bespoke software

products to allow artists to create high-end VFX and digital environments, pushing

complexity, scalability, and artistic boundaries through procedural workflows.

In this role, you’ll build artist-facing and backend tools to streamline workflows, extend

Houdini’s capabilities, and solve production challenges. You’ll primarily develop with HOM,

using HDK when needed, and integrate tools into CG pipelines while maintaining a seamless

Houdini user experience.

Strong UX awareness, clear documentation, and a focus on usability and adoption are

essential. You’ll deliver clean, testable, and maintainable code aligned with Brahma AI

standards. While deep Houdini expertise isn’t required, familiarity with SOPs, ROPs, and

LOPs is beneficial; CG production domain specialization is a plus.

You’ll collaborate with artists, developers, and project managers, requiring excellent

communication skills to plan roadmaps and drive innovation across the full software lifecycle

(design, develop, test, deploy and support).

Must Have

• Degreein Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience

• StrongPython and/or C++ skills

• Experiencedeveloping in Houdini with HOM, VEX, and/or HDK

• Linuxdevelopment experience

• Team-baseddevelopment and source control experience

Nice to Have

• Experiencedeveloping machine learning models

• Experiencedeveloping AI-based solutions

• Experiencewith unit/integration testing

• VFX/FXand Houdini workflow knowledge

• Experiencewith USD, Qt, Pybind11/Boost.Python

• Familiaritywith build systems

• Experiencewith other DCC tools (e.g., Maya, Nuke, Mari, Adobe suite)

DNEG Dedicated Unit (DDU)

The DDU operates within BRAHMA AI and works closely with DNEG to develop technology

used directly in production.

The team builds tools, platforms and workflows that support VFX and Feature Animation

pipelines across DNEG’s global studios.

Much of the work focuses on artist-facing tools, large production pipelines, simulation and

rendering workflows, and systems that need to run reliably across distributed teams.

About Us

We are DNEG, one of the world’s leading visual effects and animation companies for the creation of award-winning feature film,

television, and multiplatform content. We employ more than 9,000 people

with worldwide offices and studios across North America (Los Angeles,

Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver), Europe (London), Asia (Bangalore, Mohali,

Chennai, Mumbai) and Australia (Sydney).

At DNEG, we fundamentally believe that embracing our differences is a vital component of our collective success. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse and inclusive work environment for our global teams, where everyone feels they matter and belong. We welcome and encourage applications from all, regardless of background, experience or disability. Please let us know if you need any adjustments or support during the application process, we will do our best to accommodate your needs. We look forward to meeting you!