Technical Director PaFX (Houdini)

Netflix
📍 vancouver, metro vancouver regional district, Canada 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 27, 2026

Job Description

Job Summary

The Procedural Asset and FX Technical Director is a Houdini TD responsible for supporting all teams that use Sidefx Houdini. They work with the front‑end assets team, such as Surfacing and Modelling, and also back‑end shot‑based teams: Fx, Character‑fx, Crowds, and Matte Painting. They provide technical direction, troubleshoot pipelines, support artists, and develop tools to enable high‑quality technical outcomes across global production.

What You’ll Do

  • Provide technical expertise and guidance for Houdini and USD technology for the departments they support.
  • Understand the visual requirements for productions and propose new technologies or design procedures, techniques, and tools to ensure those needs are met.
  • Provide technical expertise and guidance for technology within the PAFX department.
  • Participate in or lead the direction, evolution and maintenance of technology within the PAFX department.
  • Design,...

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Job Details

  • Location vancouver, metro vancouver regional district
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category IT & Technology
  • Posted Date June 27, 2026
  • Application Deadline August 06, 2026