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I'm a software engineer based in Barcelona with 14 years of experience in the Computer Graphics industry. My focus area for the past few years has been building tools and plugins for Houdini.

Contact

📧 dora.morolli@gmail.com

🐦 twitter.com/doruchan

🔗 linkedin.com/in/doramorolli

⌨️ github.com/doruchan

Experience

Senior Software Engineer

Wētā FX, Barcelona, Spain (remote) – (Oct 2023 - Present)

• Develop tools and plugins for Houdini, as well as department-
  agnostic APIs
  

• Work on projects that cross departments boundaries

• Communicate with stakeholders (both technical and non
  technical) throughout the company
  

Python, C++, VEX, Bash | Houdini, Solaris

Lead FX Pipeline Engineer

Wētā Digital, Wellington, New Zealand – (Dec 2017 - Oct 2023)

• Lead the development for the FX department, building tools
  for Houdini / Solaris
  

• Took active part in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, with regular meetings and driving proposals across the company.

Pipeline Developer

Wētā Digital, Wellington, New Zealand – (April 2016 - Dec 2017)

• Integrated Katana in the Wētā pipeline for the Lighting department

• Maintained and developed a I/O tool for the Editing department

• Maintained a video-making service.

Python, C++, LUA, Bash, Javascript | Katana, Maya

Pipeline Developer

MPC, London, UK – (Feb 2014 - March 2016)

• Written Maya and standalone tools for the departments of Mocap, Crowd and Layout

nWave, Brussels, Belgium – (March 2013 - Feb 2014)

• Developed a new pipeline for the studio (Maya and standalone)

Rainbow CGI, Rome, Italy – (Jan 2010 - March 2013)

• Designed and developed a new pipeline for the studio (Maya,
  Nuke and standalone)
  

• Written an asset management system (web, QT and API)

• Written a task management system (web)

Skills

Programming langagues

• Python (proficient)

• C++ (intermediate)

• Javascript and PHP (proficient a long time ago)

• C, Java, Rust, Go (rudimentals)

• SQL and NoSQL databases

VFX Related

• Knowledge of Houdini, Maya, Nuke, Katana,
  Photoshop, AfterEffects, ShotGrid and USD
  

• Worked with Editorial, Camera, Layout, Animation, FX, Lighting
  and Compositing departments
  

Systems

• DevOps experience with Gitlab CI/CD and
  Docker
  

• Great knowledge of Git and Linux

Personal

• Advocate for better diversity and inclusion in the tech
  industry (in particular for gender minorities)
  

• Lead by example in a non-hierarchical way

• Great communication and problem solving skills

• Volunteer for several international organisations
  (Visual Effects Society, Access:VFX, Academy Software
  Foundation)
  

• Passionate about learning new things, echnology and movies

• Hobbies: Crossfit, BJJ, cycling, singing

Languages

Education

Bachelor's Degree in New Media Science

Graduated in 2010 with 100 over 100

University of Roma Tor Vergata - Rome, Italy

• Maths (basic analysis and geometry, Fourier
  analysis, Computer graphics, algorithms), Physics
  

• Programming languages (C, Java, PHP) and
  databases
  

• Computer graphics skills (2D and 3D)

Contact

📧 dora.morolli@gmail.com

🐦 twitter.com/doruchan

🔗 linkedin.com/in/doramorolli

⌨️ github.com/doruchan