Compositor – Ink

Netflix is hiring a Compositor to join its Inkubator team in Los Angeles, California. This role sits within an experimental animation pipeline, responsible for integrating generative AI outputs, CG renders, 2D elements, and capture-based sources into finished, story-driven shots for animated shorts and specials. It’s a strong fit for a compositor who has worked in animation or VFX post-production and is genuinely curious about where generative tools are taking the craft.

About the Role

The Compositor works inside Netflix’s Inkubator unit, a creator-led team developing animated short-form and special content using GenAI-native production pipelines alongside traditional DCC tools. Projects move in sprint cycles, so the day-to-day involves close work with filmmakers and CG artists to hit creative milestones while the pipeline itself continues to evolve. Nuke is the primary compositing application, and the work spans everything from look development to final shot delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Build final composites in Nuke by combining GenAI-generated imagery, CG render passes, and 2D or live-action elements into cohesive, on-style shots for animated productions.
• Apply compositing fundamentals including keying, tracking, color correction, relighting, depth of field, retiming, and warping to solve shot-level design and effects challenges in stylized animation imagery.
• Contribute to look development by testing approaches that blend generative video and images with assets from Maya, Houdini, Blender, Harmony, and Unreal Engine.
• Troubleshoot complex Nuke scripts and escalate technical issues through the appropriate production and pipeline channels.
• Document node setups, workflow decisions, and compositing techniques to help build shared best practices for GenAI and traditional hybrid VFX pipelines.
• Receive and turn around creative feedback within sprint timelines while maintaining consistency with the established visual direction of each project.

What You Bring

• At least 2 years of compositing experience across animation, VFX, games, or high-end short-form digital media, with stylized or non-photoreal work considered a strong plus.
• Intermediate to advanced Nuke skills and a working knowledge of how CG passes, lighting, and rendering integrate at the compositing stage.
• Familiarity with generative AI image and video tools, and comfort operating in pipelines that are still being defined.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to deliver quality work on schedule without heavy production support infrastructure in place.
• Experience with Python, BlinkScript, or Nuke-specific scripting for pipeline or tool development is preferred but not required.

Why This Role

Netflix’s Inkubator is one of the few places in animation production where a Compositor can work directly alongside filmmakers on GenAI-native content at a feature-quality standard, before these workflows become industry standard. The team is small, the problems are genuinely unsolved, and the work will shape how animation post-production pipelines develop over the next several years. For the right compositor, this is a rare chance to build expertise at the intersection of traditional VFX craft and emerging generative tools.

Apply now for the Compositor position at Netflix and bring your compositing experience into one of the most forward-looking animation pipelines working today.