Technical Director - Inkubator

Netflix • Los Angeles, CA

4d

About The Position

At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we partner with creators as they experiment with a range of cutting-edge tools that bridge innovation with imaginative storytelling. Come join Inkubator to shape what’s next and explore the creative possibilities.
POSITION SUMMARY:
We are seeking Technical Directors to join our pioneering team creating animated shorts and specials using experimental, creative-led, GenAI-native production pipelines. Working alongside artists and productions, this role will help support show-specific workflow and technical needs as we aim to develop feature-quality content in a creator-led environment.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of both commercial and open source generative and traditional CG tools and workflows (eg ComfyUI).
• Demonstrated ability to stay current with the highly dynamic and changing landscape of tools.
• Ability to synthesize creative requirements from artists and craft experts into practical workflows using both emerging and established tools.
• Familiarity with modern and emerging software development technologies and the ability to rapidly prototype and deploy solutions that meet a show’s requirements
• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate evolving technical concepts to both artist and production leadership.
• Expertise in maintaining artist working environments that balance rapid deployment of new tools and security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Work on productions alongside artists to support show-specific workflow and technical needs.
• Strategize with artists to develop workflows that meet a particular show’s creative requirements. Where emerging tools fall short of meeting creative requirements, provide hybrid workflow solutions that integrate established 3D workflows and DCCs.
• Provide critical workflow and tool support to artists. Document and regularly update onboarding and training materials for artists.
• Provide beta test feedback to the engineering org for new internal infrastructure or integration tooling. Provide testing feedback to artists and craft experts on new releases of external tooling. Ensure a stable and current production software environment for the artists
• Working with artist and craft experts, identify model fine-tuning opportunities and data requirements. Create custom fine-tuning for a show utilizing internal and external tooling.
• Proactively monitor artist pain points in daily reviews or dailies and iterate on tools and processes to remove friction.
• Support and troubleshoot the handoff of data between artists and editorial.
• Support the use of Production Tracking systems on a show and ensure it meets the particular needs of a show.
• Evaluate and document the impact of new external tool releases on existing workflows, and communicate recommended adoption plans to artists and leads.
• Identify standardization opportunities for engineering and encourage adoption in a particular show.
• Monitor performance and reliability of compute resources during production and flag or mitigate bottlenecks impacting artist productivity.
• In collaboration with studio engineering and Netflix infrastructure teams, help identify a show’s distributed compute and workstation requirements. As needed, develop, deploy, and support last-mile software integration solutions for artists on a particular show.
• As needed, create and deliver final material for a production.

Benefits

• INK benefits can include medical/dental/vision plans, mental health support, retirement programs, and family-forming benefits, paid leave of absence programs, and paid time away programs to be used for vacation and sick paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed