Fredrik Salomonsson
Sr Core Pipeline TD at LAIKA Studios
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolFredrik Salomonsson is a senior Core Pipeline Technical Director with 11 years of production-proven experience building VFX and simulation tooling, currently leading pipeline work at LAIKA after a decade at Digital Domain. He blends deep C++ and Python expertise with practical DevOps and build-system know-how, having driven Houdini integration and build improvements for the widely used OpenVDB project. Fredrik’s strengths include OpenMPI, OpenGL and volume/FX pipelines, and he’s comfortable across Linux-based environments and film-grade toolchains. Notably, his master’s thesis became production-relevant early in his career—implementing PIC/FLIP solvers and Python bindings for in-house grids—illustrating a long-standing ability to turn research into robust studio tools.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science, Media Technology and Engineering, Master of Science, Media Technology and Engineering at Tekniska högskolan vid Linköpings universitet
Github Skills (5)
build-system10
c-language10
cmake10
houdini10
cprogramming-language10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
AcademySoftwareFoundation/openvdb
Feb 2017 - Nov 2021
OpenVDB - Sparse volume data structure and tools
Role in this project:
Backend & Build Engineer
Backend & Build EngineerContributions:6 reviews, 11 commits, 7 PRs in 4 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Fredrik primarily focused on build system updates and Houdini integration within the OpenVDB project. Their contributions included adapting the build system, fixing compilation errors, and addressing name collisions related to Houdini's VDB implementation. They also worked on auto-detecting the OpenVDB API for Houdini versions 19+, simplifying the logic and utilizing a utility function for version detection.
vfxvoxelizervolume-renderingsparsec-plus-plus
plattfot/qmk_firmware
Jan 2016 - Oct 2024
keyboard controller firmware for Atmel AVR USB family
Contributions:77 pushes, 12 branches, 23 tags in 8 years 9 months
controllerfirmwareavratmelusb
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