R&D Engineer

Netflix is a global leader in entertainment services, expanding beyond media distribution into cutting-edge content production. Within this ecosystem, Eyeline Labs serves as the research and innovation arm of Netflix Eyeline Studios, developing and deploying advanced technologies that transform how films are made.

Our mission is to tackle the challenges of tomorrow, making the seemingly impossible achievable, delivering photorealistic quality with exceptional speed and efficiency, and supporting creators in bringing their boldest creative visions to life.

We want to provide you with a solid foundation where you can be a part of an innovative team of brilliant researchers, developers and virtual storytellers. Learn more.

We are seeking an engineer who thrives at the intersection of research, open-source innovation, and production workflows. This role focuses on rapidly transforming novel research ideas, experimental algorithms, and emerging open-source technologies into practical tools, plugins, and prototypes that can be used in real-world creative and production environments.

The ideal candidate is a builder and problem-solver and someone comfortable navigating ambiguity, quickly validating technical feasibility, and creating functional prototypes that help teams decide what should evolve into scalable products.

This role acts as a bridge between research teams, applied innovation groups, artists, and pipeline engineering accelerating the path from concept to production-ready solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate novel research, experimental techniques, and open-source tools into functional prototypes and working demonstrations

• Rapidly develop plugins, scripts, and lightweight tools for evaluation within production environments and creative software

• Integrate experimental solutions into existing pipelines through wrappers, connectors, or proof-of-concept implementations

• Evaluate emerging technologies by building targeted prototypes that validate feasibility, performance, and usability

• Collaborate with research, engineering, and artist teams to interpret requirements and refine technical solutions

• Design and implement structured testing workflows to assess new tools against real production scenarios

• Gather feedback from artists and stakeholders to iterate quickly on prototypes

• Maintain awareness of relevant research publications, open-source developments, and emerging industry tools

• Document prototypes, workflows, and evaluation outcomes to support decision-making and future productization

• Help implement data preparation and validation pipelines for multi-view and video datasets, including synchronization, metadata handling, and quality checks

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background with experience in rapid prototyping

• Proficiency in Python and C++

• Strong experience with computer vision and machine learning architectures

• Experience with 3D Gaussian Splatting, NeRFs, or other radiance-field-based methods, including training and evaluation

• Practical experience training or fine-tuning video diffusion or related generative models on custom datasets

• Hands-on experience with multi-view camera calibration

• Ability to quickly understand and implement research concepts

• Familiarity with open-source ecosystems and collaborative development practices

• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills

• Ability to make pragmatic trade-offs between cutting-edge research and what’s feasible on production timelines

• Passion for movies, TV, and storytelling (Preferred)

• Familiarity with VFX/animation data formats and pipeline technologies (USD, OpenEXR, OCIO, etc.) (Preferred)

• Experience building plugins or extensions for creative VFX software including real-time engines (e.g., Houdini, Nuke, Unreal Engine) (Preferred)

130 000-200 000$ CAD a year

This salary range is specific to applicants applying to our position in Vancouver, BC. To determine your base salary, we consider your qualifications, skills, and experience. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary outside of this range and will also be dependent on your location.

About Us

Eyeline is a global creative studio partnering with storytellers to turn their ambitions into stunning reality. By blending the time-honored craft of filmmaking with breakthrough technologies, we unlock bold, cinematic visions at scale. Our three pillars - VFX, Studios and Labs - form the creative spine of Eyeline, guiding how we think, work, and show up in every frame.

At Eyeline, we believe technology serves artistry and our people are the soul behind everything we do, deepening creative connection, rather than replacing it. We build worlds with exceptional craft and precision, working hand in hand with our creative partners from concept to final pixel.

Netflix Investment- Eyeline

With the support of Netflix’s investment in our pipeline, infrastructure, and workforce, we’re pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in visual effects and virtual production technology. In addition to our work with Netflix, we continue to partner with a wide range of long-standing and new clients worldwide.

Come as you are

We are looking for those seeking to take risks with us, those driven by passion for their craft. To us, these are key ingredients that we look for in our team. We are committed to ensuring fair and equal treatment of your application. When you apply for a role with us, you will receive consideration based solely on your qualifications.