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Senior VFX Artist - Lightspeed Studios

NVIDIA· Engineer, Sys SW
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Hybrid (Remote)$184k - $287.5kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

.NVIDIA seeks a Senior Tools Engineer for Lightspeed Studios to build production tools, pipelines, and workflows for real-time content, focusing on Python/Qt tooling, DCC integrations, and performance-driven pipelines to empower artists and engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop Python and Qt/PySide tools, desktop applications, and DCC integrations.
  • Work directly with artists, technical artists, and engineers to understand production challenges and turn them into practical software solutions.
  • Improve existing tools and workflows with a focus on usability, reliability, performance, and iteration speed.
  • Develop integrations across DCC applications, production systems, and real-time environments.
  • Explore new approaches to content creation and workflow automation, including agentic AI systems that can assist with repetitive or multi-step production tasks.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional experience in tools engineering, pipeline engineering, technical art engineering, or related software development within games, VFX, animation, or real-time production.
  • BS, MS, or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject area.
  • Strong Python development experience with an understanding of software architecture, debugging, testing, and API design.
  • Strong experience building desktop tools and user interfaces with Qt, PySide, PyQt, or similar frameworks.
  • Experience integrating DCC applications such as Maya, Houdini, Substance, Blender, Photoshop, or similar tools.
  • Experience developing production integrations or tools for real-time engines such as Unreal Engine.
  • Understanding of asset pipelines, source control, validation, metadata, and publishing workflows.
  • Experience working with artists and translating production requirements into effective technical solutions.

Skills

Required:PythonQt/PySide/PyQtDCC integrationUnreal EngineAsset pipelines and publishing workflows

Benefits

  • Equity
  • benefits (as per NVIDIA benefits)
Last updated Sep 18, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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