This role is considered Hybrid, which means the employee will work 2-3 days onsite at a Company designated location and occasionally from home.
 

Position Summary

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who reflects the innovative spirit, creative talent, production excellence, collaborative mindset and passion for great filmmaking that define Lucasfilm.

As a Senior Software Engineer for Information Systems (InfoSys) you will work on creative, robust cross platform applications that enable Lucasfilm, Lucasfilm Productions and its subdivisions to efficiently operate.  The breadth of InfoSys applications ranges from deep integrations with 3rd party software to proprietary web applications built around Lucasfilm workflows.  Developers build new applications, support and enhance existing systems, and integrate 3rd party applications into existing software infrastructure.  You will interact with a wide range of clients from all aspects of the company, learn new workflows, and work on both simple and complex solutions to increase efficiency and productivity across all of Lucasfilm.

About IS
 

Our Lucasfilm Information Systems team values pride and earnestness, idealism and pragmatism, and focusing on the customer as much as the code. We have a "no arrogance" policy and want to hire awesome people to work in a great department. We love source control, testing and Linux. We value Scout Rule coding ("leave the code cleaner than you found it") and finding the right tool for the right job. We're at a company that has used Python for nearly 25 years, and balancing legacy systems and future needs is a daily battle, but that is the nature of software—reading code is as important as writing it.

You'll be part of a group that enjoys working together - whether it's tackling issues for our clients, debating the latest technical trends, or sharing favorite recipes, music and DIY projects . We exist to support our customers, and you will work with the knowledge that whatever you write will immediately make the job easier for someone at ILM, at Skywalker Ranch, or at one of our studios or location shoots around the world.

What You'll Do

• Full stack development of robust applications

• Build and support complex integrations with key 3rd party platforms such as Zendesk, SpaceIQ, JIRA, GitLab

• Design and maintain healthy relational database schemas

• Work with management and other developers to implement elegant and user-friendly interfaces for all new modules and/or applications

• Create and deploy virtual machines

• Support multiple web and database servers to ensure constant availability, functionality, synchronization and security

• Develop, deploy, document and maintain code in keeping with IS guidelines

• Write UI and unit tests

• Bug fixes and enhancement requests for existing applications

• Monitor use of existing systems, and suggest strategies to improve health and reduce technical debt

• Maintain web infrastructure tools such as caching, analytics and authentication

• Participate in code reviews, test new concepts and technologies, suggest improvements in technical direction

• Build stand alone modules and smaller web applications for use by clients across the organization

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical degree

• 5+ years experience in professional web and/or software development

• Python fluency (Python 2.6+, Python 3.3+)

• JavaScript expertise

• Linux proficiency

• Database/SQL experience

• Full stack web development experience

• Solid knowledge of HTML/HTML5

• In depth knowledge of responsive CSS design

• Experience coding against 3rd party API’s, especially Google

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and client-facing skills

Nice to have:

• Web & CMS frameworks: Wordpress, Flask/Bottle, Django, Plone3, APEX 

• JavaScript libraries: Vue.js, jQuery, Angular, React

• Web servers: Nginx, uWSGI, Apache

• Data stores/tools: Solr, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLAlchemy, Firestore, GraphQL

• Tools: Virtualenv, Buildout, py.test, Ansible, Selenium

• Virtualization: AWS, VMWare, Docker

• Cloud: AWS & Google preferred 

• Analytics: Google, Matomo, AWStats

JoinILM

The hiring range for this position in Vancouver is C$94,000 to C$118,000 per year based on a 40-hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other variable pay or benefits, may be offered dependent on the level and position offered.