OUR STUDIO 

At Spire Studios we empower world-class and diverse creative and technical talent from all mediums to entertain global audiences through animated feature films with heartfelt storytelling, captivating worlds, and inspiring characters.

Key to our vision is developing a real-time enabled pipeline that brings intimacy back to the animation process while pushing the creative envelope. Our team has worked on many of the earliest and most successful 3D animated films, and have experienced firsthand the exponential increase in visual complexity and crew sizes as narrative appetite and audience expectations have grown. GPU accelerated rendering and game engines unlock new workflows that can upend long held assumptions underpinning the assembly line approach of legacy studios.

THE JOB 

The Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) will help support and deploy Spire’s next-generation, cloud-based content production pipeline for high-end animation. We are developing a work-from-anywhere approach that will depend on a rock solid systems foundation that integrates the latest cloud technology with our high-power on-premise hardware. The SRE will work with our technical and creative leads to help engineer a multi-regional platform for remote and in-person collaboration. Come and help lay the groundwork for what will become the future of the animation industry.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work in a cross-functional team to architect and engineer the most optimal cloud-native  and on-prem CI/CD solutions for the studio.

• Define workflows and processes to meet Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) objectives.

• Actively facilitate continuous improvement.

• Engineer and manage Windows software lifecycle management IaC pipeline.

• Architect and manage cloud and on-prem solutions supporting the studio asset-management pipeline.

• Proactively monitor and troubleshoot site reliability issues.

• Operate Spire's cloud platform,provide service owner support, and participate in incident escalations.

• Stay current with industry trends, making recommendations as needed to help the organization innovate and excel.

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform and Cloud Formation.

• Experience with building VM Images using tools like Packer.

• Experience with Config Management tools like Chef, Ansible etc.

• Strong software engineering skills, preferably working in multiple programming languages (Go, Python, Javascript).

• Proficiency in cloud-native technologies and architectures (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Proficiency in revision control and DevOps best practices (Git).

• Expert Linux and Windows experience.

• Demonstrable scripting experience with a variety of scripting languages for automating tasks, generating reports, and creating tools (e.g. Bash, Python, PowerShell).

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience.

• Skilled at working in tandem with a team of engineers, or alone as required.

• Excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to stay focused on completing tasks and meeting goals within a busy workspace.

BONUS

• Experience operating Perforce.

• Experience with Unreal Engine.

• Experience operating high capacity GPU farms.

• Media and Entertainment experience.

• Passion for real-time rendering and animation.

• Experience working with a globally distributed team.

COMPENSATION

• Competitive salary.

• “Go home” (finish work) at a decent time to hang out with your family and friends.