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DNEG is a 5,000+ person VFX and animation operation built on Maya, Houdini, and Unreal Engine, now actively integrating ML pipelines, voice synthesis models, and real-time artist tools into their production workflow. The adoption of Next.js and Unity alongside heavy Unreal Engine investment signals a shift toward real-time rendering and automation—a departure from traditional frame-by-frame VFX. With 112 engineering roles open and a senior-heavy hiring mix, the org is scaling infrastructure to handle both scale challenges and pipeline debt.
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What DNEG Is Building
◆Challenges
- Complex scaling and workflow challenges
- Pipeline issues
- Meeting project deadlines
- Expanding infosec program
- Technical risk
- Platform debt
- Performance tuning across cloud environments
- Production process efficiency
- Performance optimization under network constraints
- Process gaps in ap processes
▲Active Projects
- Clear platform
- Unreal engine integration into proprietary pipeline
- Data and mlops pipelines
- Deploy ml solutions within vfx pipeline
- Development of realtime tools for artists
- Artist tool development
- Animation rigging for characters, creatures, props, and vehicles
- Voice synthesis models
- Double negative pipeline improvement
- Product effort project
Hiring Activity
Steady240 roles · 70 in 30d
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Pipeline Technical Director, Pipeline Assistant Technical Director, Head of Environments, Head of Production, Crowd Technical Director
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