Required Qualifications: B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science with at least 4-6 years relevant experiences Experience with a variety of scripting languages, especially Python Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, especially Cassandra Experience on UNIX operating systems, especially Linux Demonstrated experience building RESTful APIs Strong coding practices, including conducting peer code reviews, developing unit tests, documentation and experience with agile methods Experience designing, developing, and testing for performance, scalability and availability Ability to understand and translate production requirements to long-term solutions that will serve multiple productions and locations Strong verbal and written communication skills Preferred Qualifications: 2+ years experience in the computer animation industry Experience with programming languages (Scala, Java, Erlang) Experience with concurrency frameworks such as Akka and RxJava Experience with other SQL and No SQL databases: PostgreSQL, CouchDB, Riak, elasticsearch, and Solr) Familiarity with message passing technology such as AMQP and ZeroMQ Demonstrated experience using Javascript MVC frameworks to build end user web applications Familiarity with cloud management systems such as OpenShift and OpenStack