Katrin Bratland
Senior Software Engineer at Pixar Animation Studios
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKatrin Bratland is a Senior Software Engineer with over two decades of experience in graphics and rendering, currently focused on RenderMan integrations at Pixar in Seattle. She specializes in C++, Python, USD, RenderMan, Houdini/Solaris and Maya, and has been instrumental in integrating the RenderMan Hydra plugin into Pixar’s product line. Her open-source contributions to PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD improved stability and MaterialX handling for RenderMan, fixing tricky delegate lifecycle and multi-instance bugs that impact interactive workflows. Comfortable navigating large codebases and cross-team collaborations, she pairs deep technical craft with product-focused problem solving. An unusual blend of fine arts training (BFA in Painting) and computer science gives her a strong aesthetic sense that informs shading and rendering decisions.
6 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BS and BFA Computer Science Painting, BS and BFA Computer Science Painting at University of Washington
Github Skills (5)
3d-rendering10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
materialx10
hydra10
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD
Sep 2019 - Jun 2022
Universal Scene Description
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Katrin made several contributions to the OpenUSD project, primarily focused on the integration with the RenderMan rendering engine. Their work involved fixing bugs related to the destruction and recreation of RenderMan delegates within the Hydra framework. They also addressed issues in handling of multiple RenderMan instances and MaterialX network translation, particularly concerning incorrect texture paths and the handling of displacement shaders. These changes improved stability and expanded the functionality of the integration.
universal-scene-descriptionscene
katpet/scoreboard
Mar 2023 - Jan 2025
CRG Derby Scoreboard
Contributions:8 releases, 2 PRs, 33 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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