Cameron Billingham
Sr Software Engineer at Walt Disney Animation Studios
Burbank, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCameron Billingham is a senior software engineer with 11 years of experience building production tools and pipelines for high-end animation and VFX, currently on the Production Technology team at Walt Disney Animation Studios. He bridges film production and software engineering—designing USD-based asset workflows, versioning systems, and backend services that kept large-scale shows and studios running efficiently. His background spans hands-on TD work (Clarisse and OpenVDB optimizations that slashed lighting load times) to full-stack pipeline services using messaging, databases, and CI, reflecting a practical focus on artist-friendly tooling and automation. Cameron pairs formal training in both film production and computer science with a curiosity for sensory detail—he’s fascinated by light, sound, and rain—which informs thoughtful feature design for creative users. Outside work he experiments in the kitchen, reads fantasy, and hikes the backcountry, bringing a maker’s mindset and persistence to tricky engineering puzzles.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Film Production, GPA: 3.94, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Film Production, GPA: 3.94 at Loyola Marymount University
English
Github Skills (21)
docstrings10
scene10
grapevine10
python8
graphql6
epydoc5
google4
bazaar4
usd3
android3
maya3
plugin3
java3
numpy2
javascript2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cbillingham/docconvert
Mar 2018 - Jan 2023
Update or convert docstring style formats in Python code.
Contributions:4 reviews, 20 commits, 10 PRs in 4 years 11 months
docstringspythonconvert-docstringsformatter
cbillingham/roo
Jan 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:15 PRs, 103 pushes, 16 branches in 8 months
compilersenior
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