Jobs in Computer graphics field

Software Developer:
Being a software engineer myself, I can't resist listing this first. A software developer is one that develops software...duh... who writes code and custom tools that the production team uses. Programmers should work with CG supervisors to determine just how far off-the-shelf software can take the project and what needs to be written from scratch in-house. During development, the software developer works with the Technical Directors who use the early versions of the software and help the designer refine the tools to include the best features and interface. Although most often not considered "in production", a software developer is very much part of the team effort that gets a show done in time. A software developer might report to a CG supervisor on a large show or to management as part of a facility's more general overall scope of operation.

This job requires knowledge on programming languages like C, C++ or Java and scripting languages like javascript, perl, python working on operating systems like UNIX, Max or Windows. R&D team members generally have a PH.D. degree in Computer science specializing in one of modeling, rendering or animation areas.