DreamWorks Technology - Principal Engineer, AI

“What would you say you do here?” Collaborate and advise on next-generation AI-assisted agentic workflows strategy alongside product owners, developers and creatives. Design and own the architecture for AI-powered frameworks and automation across the entire Studio pipeline and platforms. Define the end-to-end architecture for ingestion, processing, and routing of operational telemetry (metrics, logs, traces). Integrate solutions with popular industry DCC tools. Prototype solutions for high-friction tasks: asset tagging, scene prep, render queue management, shot setup, and versioning. Define technical standards and integration patterns for AI tooling across departments and shows. Evaluate and select AI frameworks, foundation models, and automation technologies for creative production and operational stability. Build and maintain a library of reusable AI components and automation patterns. Partner with platform, systems and security teams to monitor model drift, system latency, and system security. Write, test, and deploy production-ready tools that run reliably inside active show pipelines. Develop reference implementations that set the canonical pattern for future pipeline AI work. Partner with engineers and TDs to fold automation into existing artist-facing toolsets. Maintain and iterate on deployed tools based on artist feedback and production data. Drive adoption across both technical and creative departments so tools are understood, trusted, and used. Create lightweight training and documentation for artists and engineers. Establish metrics for automation impact and report results to studio leadership on a regular cadence. Champion a culture of continuous improvement and surface new automation opportunities as workflows evolve.