Back-End Developer

Blender is looking for a backend developer to work on the Blender Cloud – our content sharing and film production system – and other blender.org web platforms.

Help us to push our existing and upcoming websites to the next level and join one of the most exciting creative open source projects in the world!

About Blender

Blender is a unique organization, with a mix of creativity and 3D technology at its core. The goal of Blender is to produce cutting-edge content and tools and share them with the worldwide community of makers, creators and developers.

We are driven by the pursuit of creative freedom, or as Blender founder Ton Roosendaal put it once: https://youtu.be/qJEWOTZnFeg?t=1422

Life at Blender

We’re a small and very international team based in Amsterdam, one of the most liveable places in the world. The city has liberal and relaxed culture, is bicycle friendly and offers many many cultural and entertainment opportunities!

Lunch time at the studio

Cinema screening of the Spring Open Movie, with the team, family and friends.

Weekly kickoff at the old studio, during the production of Agent 327: Operation Barbershop

Hanging pictures in the concept art “gallery”

The Amsterdam team in front of the new office

Blender Conference 2018 dinner party

Check out the Studio tour!

Also see what the Blender Studio team is currently up to: https://cloud.blender.org/blog

The Product

Blender Cloud is the production hub of Blender Animation Studio, offering a mix of training, film assets and production tools (production management, storage and render management). Through a Blender Cloud subscription, anyone can gain access to this treasure trove of resources and peek behind the curtains of the productions that happen at Blender. You can learn more on the website: cloud.blender.org.

You will spend your day

Designing and implementing web applications that help artists and producers to make films and achieve other creative endeavours
Helping to shape the future of Blender Cloud, our content, production and render management software
Releasing everything you make as Free and Open Source Software

Must have

Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
Basic DevOps skills on Linux (scripting, backups, logs, web servers)
A constant desire to improve, learn more and take things further
Finished higher education in computer science or equivalent
Experience with Python/Go and frameworks such as Flask or Django

What we offer

A work space in our office in Amsterdam, with 22 great colleagues who work on internationally renowned technology and award winning animation films.
One year contract, part time is possible.
We help relocating by providing an affordable (shared) apartment in the city, at least for a year.
Because we share our work, you will build a public portfolio with excellent credits.

One year contract, part time is possible.

In order to qualify for a position you must be legally allowed to work in the European Union and willing to relocate to the Netherlands.

How to apply

Send an email with your motivation, CV (and ideally links to code samples) to jobs@blender.org. We look forward to hearing from you!