Pipeline Developer — Editorial & Post-Production ( Contract)
Double Negative5 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.
About Double Negative
Double Negative (DNEG) provides visual effects, feature animation, stereo conversion, and production technology services to film, television, streaming, and immersive-content studios. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in London’s Fitzrovia, it is privately held under parent company Prime Focus World. The studio is known for work on major releases and has received multiple Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects.