DevOps engineer / Release engineer

Skydance offers a dynamic, inclusive, and ever-evolving culture where innovative ideas are welcomed, and growth fostered. The partnership between unique creativity and technological advancements are demonstrated within each pillar of the company. At the heart of it all is a commitment to boldly entertaining and relevant storytelling.   While all Animation studios look to hire people who are creative and hard-working, Skydance Animation is specifically looking for pioneers who seek to push the limits of what the world’s most collaborative art form can achieve, and to give those pioneers the space and the resources to build a new studio that’s doing something different. For information on Skydance’s privacy practices, see the Skydance EU/UK Personnel Privacy Notice located at https://skydance.com/privacy-personnel/. --- As a DevOps engineer/ Release engineer in Production Technology, you’ll be responsible for maintaining and improving the studio’s Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) infrastructure for Skydance’s new global pipeline, managing software releases to Production, and supporting both pipeline developers and Production TDs. The role also involves developing technical solutions to CI/CD challenges and enhancing the tools and CI/CD framework used to release and configure internal and third-party CGI software. The ideal candidate has strong experience with complex dependencies and environments, managing software release cycles, building CI/CD pipelines across multiple show environments with varying risk tolerances, excellent communication skills, and the ability to quickly learn new workflows.  Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, interactive, and animation divisions. Recruitment Fraud Alert It has come to our attention that there may be fraudulent activity by individuals impersonating our Talent Acquisition team. Skydance will only contact you from an official “@skydance.com” email address. If you suspect that you are being contacted by an unauthorized person or believe that the correspondence you have received is suspicious, please do not click on any links or attachments in such emails and submit any questions or concerns to our information security team at https://skydance.com/report-suspected-fraud/. country: ES all locations: [Madrid] commitment: Full Time department: Skydance Animation Madrid location: Madrid team: Pipeline Engineering Responsibilities: Own the support, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the global Launchpad CI/CD framework to enable fast, reliable releases. Use the CI/CD framework to release 3p and internal software globally  Partner with technical teams across studio sites and external vendors/partners to enhance release efficiency, scalability, and user experience. Develop deep expertise in the release framework and proactively identify areas for enhancement. Thoroughly understand the release framework and configuration toolsets  Foster strong, proactive communication channels with developers, TDs, vendors, and stakeholders to align on priorities and resolve issues swiftly. Create tools and automation to reduce the technical burden on the development staff  Monitor user feedback, satisfaction, and workflow pain points; drive data-informed improvements to the CI/CD ecosystem. Regularly examine user experiences, satisfaction, and level of understanding to identify areas of improvement to the CI/CD framework  Collaborate with IT and infrastructure teams to assess, integrate, and deploy changes that strengthen studio-wide systems. Create clear documentation, guides, and training materials; deliver hands-on training to developers and TDs on new tools and processes. Examine new and innovative technologies, evaluate, and ultimately present how to improve the CI/CD framework  Requirements: 5+ years in VFX or animation industries.  3+ years in the animation industry. High English level  Spanish desirable Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Graphics, or comparable discipline and/or technical and creative knowledge gained through equivalent experience  Excellent communication and customer service skills, both verbal and written  Ability to work independently while balancing multiple competing priorities  Understanding of CI/CD concepts and workflows Experience with Git, Gitlab or GitHub, Docker Experience with Linux operating systems  Proficiency with Python scripting language  Experience building compiled open-source products  Experience in debugging compile time, runtime, and configuration error    Preferred / Bonus Qualifications   Familiarity with plugin or pipeline development in major DCC tools (e.g., Maya, Houdini, Nuke). Experience with ASWF Rez package wrappe  Exposure to additional languages like Rust, C++, or similar. Knowledge of modern toolkits and platforms such as Cmake, Qt, Kubernetes, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or other cloud/container orchestration systems. Experience supporting multi-site, global production environments.