Company: The Walt Disney Company - The Walt Disney Studios
Location: Burbank
Location: Burbank
Job Description:
Walt Disney Animation Studios combines the very best in artistry and storytelling with cutting-edge technology to bring wonderful new characters to the big screen for audiences around the world. Constantly challenged to create innovative new technologies for animated features, theme park productions and special projects for the Walt Disney Company, Disney Animation is home to some of the most talented artists working in the film industry today. We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Development Software Engineer, Web Developmentto join the team at our Burbank, CA studio.Do you have it all? Can you whip up a website with (X)HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that looks as good as anything out there? Have you used Pylons, Ruby on Rails, and Django and can tell us which is the best for our internal applications and why? Can you work in Adobe CS Elements, hack a few Photoshop files, and provide our sites with a look that says Disney Animation? If you can do that and more, we may have a job for you.Walt Disney Animation Studios manages literally terabytes of image, movie, and audio clips. We need to look at the information in movie-continuity order, we need to look at it in color-continuity order, we need to look at it in historical-version order. We need to look at it in more ways than we can count. We have other web applications for managing production staffing, task scheduling, and conflicts. We have a lot of varied web experience and we're looking for the individual who can tie all that experience together in a cohesive all.What You Will Be Doing:* Working with artists, production management, and finance staff to understand workflows and how to process all the information we have on tap* Using your IxD and communication skills to effectively mock up solutions to the problems at hand* Working with a variety of databases and applications to develop mash-ups of the information contained in them* Working with other engineers and designers to develop our web standards and act as a mentorWhat You Need to Have:* BS/BA or higher in a related field* 5 or more (preferably more) years developing, with increasing responsibility* Strong interactive/web design portfolio* Be proficient in Photoshop and Illustrator* Expert experience with the ground floor technology and standards: HTTP, (X)HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, REST* Experience using PHP, Perl/CGI, or Python/CGI in a real-world environment (we do have existing apps, yah know?)* Advanced knowledge of Javascript libraries like YUI, Prototype, Script.aculo.us or JQuery* In depth knowledge of Django, Ruby on Rails, Pylons or the equivalent; a knowledgeable opinion on what we should us and why* Real world experience with relational databases like MySQL and developing scalable applications based on them* Great communication skills because ultimately, it's what the job is all aboutdf-lj
Walt Disney Animation Studios combines the very best in artistry and storytelling with cutting-edge technology to bring wonderful new characters to the big screen for audiences around the world. Constantly challenged to create innovative new technologies for animated features, theme park productions and special projects for the Walt Disney Company, Disney Animation is home to some of the most talented artists working in the film industry today. We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Development Software Engineer, Web Developmentto join the team at our Burbank, CA studio.Do you have it all? Can you whip up a website with (X)HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that looks as good as anything out there? Have you used Pylons, Ruby on Rails, and Django and can tell us which is the best for our internal applications and why? Can you work in Adobe CS Elements, hack a few Photoshop files, and provide our sites with a look that says Disney Animation? If you can do that and more, we may have a job for you.Walt Disney Animation Studios manages literally terabytes of image, movie, and audio clips. We need to look at the information in movie-continuity order, we need to look at it in color-continuity order, we need to look at it in historical-version order. We need to look at it in more ways than we can count. We have other web applications for managing production staffing, task scheduling, and conflicts. We have a lot of varied web experience and we're looking for the individual who can tie all that experience together in a cohesive all.What You Will Be Doing:* Working with artists, production management, and finance staff to understand workflows and how to process all the information we have on tap* Using your IxD and communication skills to effectively mock up solutions to the problems at hand* Working with a variety of databases and applications to develop mash-ups of the information contained in them* Working with other engineers and designers to develop our web standards and act as a mentorWhat You Need to Have:* BS/BA or higher in a related field* 5 or more (preferably more) years developing, with increasing responsibility* Strong interactive/web design portfolio* Be proficient in Photoshop and Illustrator* Expert experience with the ground floor technology and standards: HTTP, (X)HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, REST* Experience using PHP, Perl/CGI, or Python/CGI in a real-world environment (we do have existing apps, yah know?)* Advanced knowledge of Javascript libraries like YUI, Prototype, Script.aculo.us or JQuery* In depth knowledge of Django, Ruby on Rails, Pylons or the equivalent; a knowledgeable opinion on what we should us and why* Real world experience with relational databases like MySQL and developing scalable applications based on them* Great communication skills because ultimately, it's what the job is all aboutdf-lj
