Build/Release Engineer

Pixar Animation Studios is an Academy Award ®-winning computer animation studio with the technical, creative and production capabilities to create a new generation of animated feature films, merchandise and other related products. Pixar's objective is to combine proprietary technology and world-class creative talent to develop computer-animated feature films with memorable characters and heartwarming stories that appeal to audiences of all ages.

Our open position focuses on enhancing and supporting Pixar’s software development build and release process. You’ll work with an agile, customer-oriented team that provides a key service to the studio and cultivates a can-do and playful environment.

* Develop and support internal tools related to software configuration/deployment, software build, continuous integration, and release automation * Maintain the RPM distributions for the development environment and enhance the tools around that system * Provide direct support to developers with regards to build errors and revision control issues

* Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, and a desire to help others solve technical problems * Strong attention to detail, curiosity, and a willingness to learn * BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience * Minimum of 2 years experience required in release engineering, systems administration, DevOps, or Unix/Linux software development, with particular focus on the following areas: * Make/SCons/cmake or other software build frameworks * Python and Unix shell (bash, csh) scripting * Expert-level experience using revision control systems like Perforce or git * Systems-administration-level experience with Linux * Experience with RPM, yum, or other package management systems common on Linux * Databases and SQL, particularly with MySQL or Oracle * Experience writing or maintaining a build system for a large open-source project written in C++ or a similar language (such as a Linux distribution) * Experience using virtualization/containerization technologies such as OpenVZ or docker * Experience with cloud service providers like AWS * Experience working on infrastructure/pipeline projects for an animation or VFX production studio