Pipeline Developer — Editorial & Post-Production ( Contract)
Double Negative4 months ago
Mumbai, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Deploy the existing editorial diff toolset across the production pipeline and take primary ownership of its integration and development.
- Integrate editorial tools with ShotGrid as the central source of truth and automate cut-change propagation.
- Extend the inherited toolset across downstream departments and build robust OTIO and Python API data flows for Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, and Baselight.
- Automate reconciliation of takes, timecodes, clip names, and associated technical metadata while maintaining data integrity across editorial, VFX, audio, and on-set systems.
- Collaborate with other developers and production teams, participate in knowledge transfer, and produce technical documentation for handover to the internal Dneg pipeline team.
Requirements
- Proven experience developing with ShotGrid or Autodesk Flow Production Tracking APIs.
- Strong Python skills, particularly for pipeline and API integration work.
- Experience with timeline-based problems and editorial pipeline workflows.
- Hands-on experience with OpenTimelineIO (OTIO).
- Python API integration experience with DaVinci Resolve and/or Baselight.
- Solid understanding of database concepts and data modelling.
- Ability to onboard quickly to a live production and deliver with urgency.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Experience in VFX, film, or episodic post-production pipelines is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with DaVinci Resolve, Foundry Hiero, Baselight, and Premiere Pro is highly desirable.
- Experience with FMP/FileMaker Pro or similar production-management databases is highly desirable.
- Understanding of on-set data, continuity tracking, existing-codebase extension, HDRI, lens grids, camera solves, or Unreal post-viz is desirable.
Benefits
- Fixed-term three-month contract with immediate availability required.
- Office-based, on-site work in Mumbai, India for the full contract duration; candidates must be located in India.
- Opportunity to work on a high-profile, complex production pipeline at a leading VFX studio.
- Focused, high-impact engagement with clear deliverables and phased success criteria.
- Collaboration with experienced pipeline, editorial, and VFX professionals.