2D animation and storyboarding software for studios and education
Toon Boom Animation builds 2D animation and storyboarding tools on a C++/Qt desktop core, while its web side is shifting from PHP/Laravel to a serverless AWS stack (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB) behind a new cloud platform. Hiring tilts toward senior sales roles in Canada and Japan, pointing to a commercial push around its AI-driven Ember offering, U.S. K-12 education pipeline and studio pilots.
Toon Boom Animation is a Montreal-based public company, founded in 1994, that develops software for 2D animation and storyboarding. Its tools serve users ranging from hobbyists to professional animation studios, and it is also pursuing the education market. The company employs 51–200 people and hires in Canada and Japan. Its go-to-market runs on Salesforce, HubSpot, Gong and LinkedIn Sales Navigator, supported by paid acquisition through Google Ads and Meta Ads Manager.
Toon Boom uses C++ and Qt for desktop software, plus TypeScript, Node.js, Ember.js and Python on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, Aurora, DynamoDB), with Terraform, Docker, Prometheus and OpenTelemetry.
Yes. Sales is the main hiring focus, mostly senior roles, with hiring accelerating across Canada and Japan alongside smaller engineering and marketing needs.
Current initiatives include a new Toon Boom cloud platform, adoption of Ember AI features, partner ecosystem development, studio pilot projects and pipeline generation in U.S. K-12 education.
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