Frederic Servant
Senior Director Of Engineering at Autodesk
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolFrederic Servant is a senior engineering leader with over two decades of hands-on experience in rendering, VFX pipeline integration, and production tracking, now serving as Senior Director of Engineering at Autodesk in London. He has led cross-disciplinary teams responsible for industry tools like Arnold, Flame, Bifrost and color/look development, bridging studio workflows and research-grade solutions for complex rendering challenges. His background spans core renderer development, Houdini-to-Arnold integrations, and multi-platform plugin work in C++ and Python, combined with frequent industry presentations and studio support. Known for moving between deep technical contribution and strategic platform leadership, he excels at scaling engineering teams while keeping artist-driven needs front and center. An early R&D founder and systems integrator, Frederic brings uncommon expertise in both broadcast/feature production pipelines and academic collaborations that inform robust, production-ready tooling.
10 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma Maths and physics, High School Diploma Maths and physics at Lycée BuffonMS Communication Systems, MS Communication Systems at EPFLMS Multimedia Communication, MS Multimedia Communication at EURECOM
English, French
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Github Skills (20)
hydra10
rendering10
katana10
computer-graphics10
usd10
maya10
rendering-3d-graphics10
houdini10
sdf10
alembic9
scene9
file-format8
materialx8
plugin7
surface7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Autodesk/arnold-usd
Nov 2019 - Apr 2021
Arnold components for USD
Contributions:7 reviews, 5 commits, 17 PRs in 1 year 5 months
usdsdfhoudinikatanacomputer-graphics
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