Halon Entertainment

Engineer

• Design, build, and maintain the studio pipeline and artist-facing tools, including launchers, publishers, loaders, review and notes tools, and daily artist interfaces
• Build front ends for web, Qt/PySide desktop, and Unreal in-engine tools
• Develop and maintain integrations with Maya, Unreal, and Nuke through Python APIs and with Perforce on Windows
• Work within and extend the AYON-based pipeline
• Build AI-assisted features into pipeline tooling
• Use AI to accelerate development while maintaining code quality and a clean codebase
• Own tools through their full lifecycle, including shipping, production maintenance, and improvement
• Manage and prioritize work independently without project managers
• Collaborate directly with artists and supervisors to understand workflows and build suitable tools

Senior Pipeline Engineer

Artist

• Create compelling lighting for a variety of characters and environments while maintaining a consistent style
• Work with the supervisor and leads
• Understand and apply basic lighting principles and mimic established lighting setups
• Solve creative and technical problems with new tools and techniques
• Ensure aesthetic continuity across all deliverables
• Generate final renders for approval

Lighting Artist

3D Artist

• Develop control rigs for dynamic assets and characters
• Investigate and implement cloth sim solutions
• Create Physics Assets and edit Animation Blueprints and Control Rigs to mitigate crashing and resolve other issues
• Provide expertise in character dynamics and rigging
• Mentor Technical Animators
• Collaborate with engineering, FX, and other teams to ensure alignment with project goals
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies
• Set standards and enforce their adoption
• Prototype workflows for a team and document workflows for artists
• Ensure end-user documentation is created and maintained
• Contribute best practices for the team
• Perform other duties as assigned

Senior Pipeline Engineer

Lighting Artist

Senior Technical Animator