Software Engineer

Company: INSPYR Solutions
Location: Burbank
Posted on: April 12, 2025

Job Description:

Title: Software Engineer (C++, Python, C#, React, AppleScript, Generative AI, RAG and AR/VR devices)

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Location: Burbank, CA - Onsite 5 days a week
Duration: 4 + Month contract
Compensation: $75- $80/hr w/2
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

Software Engineer (C++, Python, C#, React, AppleScript, Generative AI, RAG, and AR/VR devices)

Description/Responsibilities:
Within the company's Production Innovation Team, you will join a group of creative and production technologists dedicated to providing innovative solutions to the dynamic challenges within the television industry. In collaboration with the Production Technology Team and the Production Innovation Team, you will contribute to the Disney Entertainment Television Production Innovation Lab in Burbank. This space is dedicated to showcasing the latest technologies shaping episodic television. Our ideal candidate has experience working with machine learning and genAI systems, and familiarity with developing and packaging visual and audio materials for demo presentation

The Production Innovation Lab Engineer will help the Production Innovation department integrate the hardware, AI systems, and demo A/V materials seamlessly across the lab environment. The Lab Engineer will help facilitate quality control and packaging of the demonstration materials as needed and will have a key role in the launch of the Production Innovation Lab.
This position will have a core role in the implementation and execution of our Lab, a hands-on showroom demonstrating the latest in production technology innovation. This person will report to the Manager, Production innovation.

The Innovation Lab "innovation stations" demo technologies that span the entire episodic television pipeline; from development to pre-production, production, post, and visual effects. The systems showcased are a variety of technical formats, including AR/VR workflows, web-based systems, cloud-based systems, and may require customizing of fully configured applications and coding as necessary (potentially compiling open-source code as well as providing custom code). The lab will showcase third-party applications potentially along with internal technologies and will include a mix of technologies that are hardware and software based.

Responsibilities:
Collaborate with Production Innovation department to confirm quality of demonstration A/V materials as they are received; confirming file formats, system inputs and outputs, and assess the scope of additional work needed to package show-ready deliverables.
Build technology demos around cutting-edge production tools, both 3rd party and proprietary.
Collaboration with Disney and vendor partners as necessary.
Supplemental preparation, coding, and/or configuration of AI-powered tools & pipelines as required for the packaging of demo materials.
Oversee the software, hardware, and demo functionality through the testing and demo phase in the weeks preceding Innovation Lab opening (estimated June 1st, 2025) and troubleshoot any technological issues that arise.
Maintain robust functionality of demos through daily operation and upgrades.
Document implementation of tools and systems for Production Innovation Department to refer to as necessary.
Explore new technologies and recommend intuitive, self-service ways to showcase core functionality/innovations.

Qualifications
--- 3-5 years of experience as a Software Engineer, ideally working on interactive toolsets, such as those used in museum exhibits, attractions, or showrooms.
--- Versatile developer, proficient across a variety of languages/frameworks (C++, Python, C#, React, AppleScript, etc).
--- Familiarity with and able to author plugins for standard filmmaking applications (Maya, Houdini, Nuke, Avid, Premiere, etc).
--- Experience with game engines (Unity, Unreal).
--- Comfortable interfacing with specialty hardware, such as AR/VR devices, touch screens, microcontrollers, etc.
--- Ability to code on and automate within a variety of operating systems (Windows, Mac, Linux).
--- Good sense of UX and human interface design.
--- Familiarity with Generative AI, AI-driven workflows, leveraging LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, and automation frameworks.
--- Understanding of machine learning algorithms and their tradeoffs, including model selection and optimization techniques.
--- Basic proficiency with machine learning library capabilities, including data ingestion, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, and prediction.

Preferred Qualifications:
Position will be on site in Burbank, CA
Interview Process: 2 Rounds
Length of position: 4 months with the possibility of extension

Required Education:
BA

Our benefits package includes:

Comprehensive medical benefits
Competitive pay
401(k) Retirement plan
...and much more!


About INSPYR Solutions


Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

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