Senior WebGL Developer
Waymark
Waymark has created an end-to-end toolchain for video templates. Our Waymark Studio software allows motion graphics artists to create video templates within Adobe After Effects and publish them to our site. Every step of the process is driven by our WebGL-powered video renderer; it allows Waymark to instantly apply edits to videos and show them to customers using our best-in-class editor on waymark.com. Finally, we render them quickly and accurately into a wide range of video formats for distribution.
We’re looking for a teammate who’s an expert with WebGL to come help us bring After Effects-level effects to life in a web browser while also eking out every millisecond of performance.
Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include:
- Expanding our rendering engine’s feature set, especially with an eye toward After Effects parity
- Improving our rendering engine’s performance
- Serving as a primary stakeholder and leader in the evolution of our video templating APIs and techniques
Our technology stack:
- Client-side technologies: JavaScript, PixiJS, WebGL, React
- Server-side technologies: Node.js, AWS (serverless such as, Lambda, CloudFormation, etc.)
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
Requirements for this role include:
- 5+ years development experience
- Expert knowledge and experience with WebGL
- PixiJS experience a huge plus
- Eager to serve in a senior role on a development team
Nice-to-haves for this role include:
- Strength in animation and/or animation tooling
Benefits
- Unlimited vacation days
- The option to work remotely (or in our Downtown Detroit office when it’s safe)
- Budget for your work-from-home setup
- Monthly lunch stipend
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Generous parental leave policy
- Working from home until it’s safe to return to the office
- Deep sense of fulfillment in career and life choices
About Waymark
We’re on a mission to make great video accessible to everyone – by building powerful, intuitive products that make creative easy.
If that sounds good to you, we’d love for you to apply — even if you live outside the Detroit area (yes, we are remote-friendly, thanks for asking).