Careers

Boris FX is hiring for the following positions:

Senior Release / CI Engineer
Software Engineer

To apply for any of the open positions, please send cover letter and resume to jobs@borisfx.com with the job title in the subject field.

No inquiries from agencies at this time please.

Senior Release / CI Engineer

Boris FX is seeking a Senior Release / CI Engineer to own and evolve the build, continuous integration, and release infrastructure behind our desktop products.

Boris FX software is used by artists and studios worldwide in film, television, streaming media, and content creation. Products such as Sapphire, Continuum, Mocha Pro, and Silhouette, together with the recently acquired iZotope audio suite (including RX, Ozone, and Neutron), ship as plug-ins and standalone applications across Windows, macOS, and Linux, and as integrations for host applications including Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve, Autodesk Flame, Foundry Nuke, digital audio workstations, and the broader OFX ecosystem.

Behind every one of those releases is a build and release pipeline responsible for compiling, code signing, packaging, testing, and publishing installers reliably across many operating systems, host versions, and GPU configurations. This role owns that pipeline end to end.

You will serve as the primary technical owner of the systems that turn source code into signed, tested, shippable Boris FX products. This role sits at the intersection of build engineering, CI/CD automation, and release operations, and offers significant ownership over infrastructure that every engineering team and every customer ultimately depends on.

What You’ll Own

The build and release platform responsible for:

Cross-platform builds for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Continuous integration and automated testing across products and host versions
Code signing, notarization, and installer packaging for all shipping products
Release automation, versioning, and publishing of installers to distribution channels
The build infrastructure, agents, and virtualized build environments that support these workflows

Your work directly determines how quickly and reliably Boris FX can ship products to customers, and how confident engineering teams can be in every release.

Responsibilities

Build and CI Infrastructure

Own the architecture, reliability, and performance of the Boris FX build and CI systems.
Maintain and modernize cross-platform build pipelines spanning Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Manage the build agents and virtualized build environments, including OS provisioning, toolchain installation, and capacity.
Reduce build times and improve caching, parallelization, and reproducibility across products.

Release Engineering and Automation

Own the end-to-end release process, from source tag to published, signed installers.
Own the creation, maintenance, and management of product installers across all platforms and shipping products.
Automate code signing, macOS notarization, and installer packaging as part of every build.
Maintain versioning, tagging, and branching strategies that support parallel product releases.
Automate the publishing of installers and release notes to internal and customer-facing channels.

Test Automation and Quality Gates

Build and maintain automated test and validation stages within CI, including installer verification across supported OS versions and host applications.
Support compatibility testing across host versions and GPU configurations (CUDA, Metal, OpenCL).
Partner with QA and product engineering to catch regressions before they reach customers.

Toolchain and Dependency Management

Own compilers, SDKs, third-party dependencies, and host application SDKs used in the build.
Coordinate toolchain and OS upgrades with minimal disruption to shipping schedules.
Maintain clear documentation of the build system, release process, and environment setup.

Operational Reliability

Monitor build and release health, and respond quickly to broken builds or blocked releases.
Troubleshoot complex, cross-platform build and packaging failures.
Serve as the go-to partner for engineering teams during release cycles and critical fixes.

Qualifications

Required

Strong experience owning and operating CI/CD systems (for example Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, TeamCity, or Buildbot) in a production setting.
Deep familiarity with cross-platform native build systems and toolchains (CMake, MSBuild, Xcode / clang, GCC).
Hands-on experience with code signing and macOS notarization, and with building platform installers (Windows MSI/EXE, macOS pkg/dmg, Linux packages).
Proficiency with scripting and automation (Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar).
Experience managing build infrastructure, including virtualized build environments and build agents.
Strong understanding of version control workflows (Git) and branching strategies for parallel releases.
Experience diagnosing and resolving complex build, packaging, and dependency issues across operating systems.

Preferred

Experience building or releasing desktop applications or plug-ins, especially in media, VFX, or creative software.
Familiarity with host application plug-in ecosystems (Adobe, Avid, OFX hosts such as Resolve, Nuke, and Flame).
Experience with GPU-dependent builds and testing (CUDA, Metal, OpenCL).
Experience with infrastructure-as-code and cloud build resources.
Experience introducing test automation and quality gates into a release pipeline.

Technical Environment

Cross-platform builds targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux
CI/CD orchestration driving compilation, signing, packaging, and testing
Virtualized and physical build environments across multiple operating systems
Code signing and notarization for shipping products
Installer packaging and publishing for products including Sapphire, Continuum, Mocha Pro, and Silhouette

Why This Role Is Interesting

Own the pipeline that ships products used by artists and studios worldwide.
Modernize build and release infrastructure that touches every engineering team at Boris FX.
Solve real cross-platform engineering problems across Windows, macOS, and Linux, and across many host applications.
Have significant ownership and autonomy in a small, highly impactful team.
Directly improve how fast and how confidently Boris FX can deliver new products and updates.

Software Engineer

Are you someone who would be excited about working in the visual effects industry developing VFX tools for the next blockbuster movie or Super Bowl commercial? Do you have a passion for quality, super-fast, maintainable code?

Boris FX is a leading provider of specialized visual effects software to the film, media and advertising industries worldwide. Our products are used in top video content of all kinds. We care about speed, quality and creativity. We’re looking for a motivated engineer to help us move faster, scale larger, and create more amazing products.

You’d work closely with the rest of our small, geographically dispersed development group on Academy Award-winning visual effects software and make a significant impact on our company.

This is a full-time position that is permanently remote / work from home. Salary commensurate with skills and experience.

Roles and Responsibilities

Write sophisticated image processing and computer vision software in C++ and OpenCL.

We all wear many hats, so there’s some customer interaction, bug fixes, conferences, product design and QA as well as serious high-performance, artist-focussed software development.

Required Experience

Solid experience, comfort and fluency with C++
Experience creating, debugging and shipping high-performance products
Image processing and/or computer vision skills
Degree in Computing or a related subject, or equivalent experience
Familiarity with two or more of Windows, Mac and Linux
Experience with distributed version control (especially Git)
Experience with agile development, bug tracking (such as Jira)

Pluses

Familiarity with video editing/effects software development
Experience with parallel or GPU programming
Comfort and fluency with Python
Strong debugging skills and a desire to solve challenging problems
Experience working in a distributed team, for example open-source projects

Personal Characteristics

Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Detail oriented
Enthusiasm to learn
Able to work independently
Likes a small company environment

About Boris FX

Boris FX develops industry-leading visual effects, motion graphics, and audio tools used by artists in film, television, streaming media, music, and content creation worldwide. With the recent acquisition of iZotope, our portfolio now spans both video and audio post-production, powering workflows at major studios, broadcasters, music and audio producers, and independent productions across the industry.