Associate Technical Supervisor - Netflix Animation Studios

Netflix Animation Studios is on a mission to entertain the world with bold, immersive animated films that are timeless and impactful. We are paving the way for the future of animation by building a community of amazing artists and talent across three vibrant locations globally. Come join us!

As an Associate Technical Supervisor at Netflix Animation Studios, you’ll help support the technical vision on an animated feature film by working in close partnership with the Technical Supervisor, Solutions Engineering and creative leadership. You’ll contribute to shaping and evolving the pipeline tools, and workflows to meet the show’s unique creative and technical challenges, ensuring solutions that serve both the artists and align with studio standards.

This role focuses on the technical success across the production pipeline and may be scoped towards supporting the Front End, Performance, or Back End, depending on show needs and your experience. Your primary focus will be supporting the creative and visual objectives by providing day-to-day technical oversight for pipeline troubleshooting, user support, direction, and tool development.

You will oversee technical direction and support for one or more stages of the production pipeline, such as:

* Story

* Edit

* Art / Concept / Design / Visual Development

* Previs

* Modeling

* Rigging

* Surfacing of Characters and Environments

* Procedural Assets (if not covered by another Associate Tech Supervisor)

* Animation

* Edit

* Rough Layout

* Final Layout

* Previs (if not covered by another Associate Tech Supervisor)

* Lighting

* Rendering

* Compositing

* Imaging

* Final Output / Delivery

* Simulation / FX (if not covered by another Associate Tech Supervisor)

Across these areas, you will ensure that all technical processes, tools, and workflows are running smoothly, meet the show’s creative and technical requirements, and integrate well with the rest of the pipeline. You will provide hands-on technical leadership to TDs, support artists with technical challenges, and collaborate with the Technical Supervisor and other Associate Technical Supervisors to maintain consistency and quality across the entire production.

Technical Responsibilities

* Understand the film’s visual goals and design tools, workflows, and procedures that enable artists to achieve them.

* Troubleshoot and optimize production workflows, providing practical solutions to visual and technical problems through existing tools or new tool development.

* Safeguard artist productivity by testing and validating new tools and pipeline changes, tracking and resolving issues in partnership with Technical Supervisors, Solutions Engineering, and R&D.

* Contribute to building and improving the show and studio-wide pipeline, ensuring efficient collaboration across departments and supporting broader technical objectives.

* Track and manage development initiatives for the show, monitoring estimates, scope, and deadlines, and adjusting plans as needed to keep work on track.

* Partner with the Technical Supervisor to prioritize and resolve top support issues, coordinating cross‑departmental testing to move high‑priority fixes through the pipeline quickly.

* Organize technical work by breaking down projects into manageable parts, aligning fortnightly support allocation, and clearly communicating production and technical information to TDs and Program Managers.

* Collaborate with the Technical Supervisor and Solutions Engineering Manager to prepare estimates, pitches, and plans for show-specific technical work.

* Provide day-to-day technical guidance to TDs, collaborating with the Solutions Engineering Manager to escalate issues through the right channels when needed.

* Mentor and develop TDs, supporting onboarding for new team members and partnering with Technology