Brian Cipriano is a Senior Software Engineer and tech lead with 11 years of experience building cloud-native rendering and media systems, currently leading the Cloud Media Rendering team at Google. He combines full-stack engineering chops with a visual effects pipeline background, having served as a creative software director and head of technology at VFX shops before joining Zync and Google. Brian contributes to open-source projects like AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenCue, improving database setup and multi-database support—reflecting his focus on robust backend and DevOps solutions for render management. He is adept at architecting scalable services, database integrations, and build tooling for production animation and VFX workloads. Based in Poughkeepsie, NY, he pairs domain expertise in media rendering with practical DevOps experience to bridge production needs and cloud infrastructure.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science at Hampshire College
A render management system you can deploy for visual effects and animation productions.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:8 releases, 320 reviews, 342 commits in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Brian contributed to build fixes and added functionality for database setup and environment configuration, primarily focusing on the Oracle database. The commits involved modifying build configurations (build.sbt), Java test code (TestDatabaseSetup.java), and database schema (V1\_\_Initial\_schema.sql for Postgres) for the Opencue render management system. Moreover, the user added placeholders for Postgres tests indicating a focus on enhancing database support.
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Brian Cipriano - Senior Software Engineer at Google