Blender Pipeline Technical Specialist

Glitch Productions

11d • Remote

About The Position

Glitch Productions is hiring a Blender Pipeline Technical Specialist for a hands-on, fixed-term project evaluating Blender for its production workflows. Working alongside the project lead, the specialist will build a Blender production pipeline from scratch, run tests, and document the pipeline and its workflows. The engagement is scoped to the evaluation phase and is a contract role, not a permanent staff position.

The specialist will provide deep Blender expertise and carry out most of the practical delivery within the project lead’s direction. The work includes building interfacing tools, validating workflows, and supporting a clean handover so the studio can continue the work after the contract ends. The pipeline is intended to support shots moving from Maya animation export through to final render.

Glitch Productions is a Sydney-based creative entertainment company making IP-driven products across animation, consumer products, publishing, games, and licensing. It describes its culture as art-first and values passion, innovation, teamwork, integrity, and an inclusive workplace.

Requirements

• Proven experience building production pipelines from the ground up, not only operating or extending existing pipelines.
• Hands-on experience migrating a studio or team pipeline between tools or DCCs, including understanding migration risks and how to reduce them.
• Senior-level technical direction experience in a VFX, animation, or games production pipeline.
• Deep, current Blender expertise, including its tooling, data model, and day-to-day production use.
• Strong Python development skills and a track record of building production tools and extending Blender through its Python API.
• Practical experience with Open Universal Scene Description (USD) and Alembic interchange, including round-tripping data between DCCs.
• Familiarity with Cycles and EEVEE render setup and configuration.
• Proven ability to work with artists and production staff to translate needs into working tools.
• Strong documentation skills and comfort writing pipelines and workflows for others to follow.
• Ability to work hands-on, take direction from a project lead, proceed with limited day-to-day supervision, and remain effective when studio priorities shift.
• Ability to document thoroughly and hand over work cleanly at the end of the engagement.

Nice To Haves

• Experience interfacing Blender with Maya and Houdini in a production setting.
• Prior experience migrating off a game engine such as Unreal or Unity to a DCC-based pipeline.
• Exposure to OCIO and ACES colour management across a pipeline.
• Familiarity with production tracking integration, ideally Autodesk Flow.

Responsibilities

• Build the Blender test pipeline and its interfacing tools with the project lead, primarily through Blender’s Python API.
• Design and test production data handoffs between Maya and Blender.
• Set up test scenes, materials, and character configurations, and run workflow tests against acceptance criteria.
• Work with 3D artists, leads, and production planning to translate pain points into tooling.
• Contribute to the Blender MCP server or Skill supporting end-user and technical workflows.
• Document the pipeline, tooling, and workflows, and support department leads as they create onboarding guides.
• Help triage the pain-point register by classifying issues as fixable in Blender, fixable in the pipeline, or accepted.
• Take on pipeline work when the in-house team is pulled onto urgent studio tasks.
• Provide feedback from testing to the project lead and department leads, and support a clean handover at the end of the engagement.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and package commensurate with experience.
• Fully remote work.
• Regular work functions and free entry to conventions and events.
• A diverse team that values independent input and career development.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), providing confidential mental health and well-being support for the employee and their family.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed