Morné Chamberlain
Software Developer at Chamberlain Industries (Pty) Ltd
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolMorné Chamberlain is a seasoned software developer with 15 years of experience specializing in R&D and pipeline engineering for the visual effects and post-production industry. With a strong academic foundation (MSc, HonsBSc, BSc all cum laude from Stellenbosch), he blends research-grade problem solving with pragmatic tool-building in Python, C++, Linux and Bash. He has a track record of rapidly prototyping and shipping high-impact integrations—most notably embedding the Bullet physics engine into Houdini during a feature film production—and building artist-facing tools (Qt/PySide) and web-based asset and show-management systems (Django, Nginx). Morné also contributes to open-source infrastructure work, improving the widely used rez package management release process by creating git-based release tooling and hardening install/config scripts. Comfortable across low-level plugins, render-farm automation and web services, he excels at translating artist workflows into reliable, maintainable pipeline software. Based in the Western Cape, he combines deep graphics domain knowledge with release engineering experience that spans both studio pipelines and open-source ecosystems.
15 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Cum Laude, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Cum Laude at Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch
Afrikaans, English
Github Skills (13)
env10
git10
environ10
package-management10
python10
build-automation10
scripting9
bash9
shell9
script9
sh9
release-management9
multiplatform8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
AcademySoftwareFoundation/rez
Apr 2012 - Apr 2015
An integrated package configuration, build and deployment system for software
Role in this project:
Automation Engineer / Build & Release Engineer
Automation Engineer / Build & Release EngineerContributions:18 commits, 2 PRs, 1 comment in 3 years
Contributions summary:Morné primarily focused on enhancing the `rez` package management system's release process. They developed a new tool, `rez-release-git`, for releasing packages using Git. Key contributions include integrating Git commands for version control, implementing submodule handling, and improving the tagging and build processes. The user also fixed several bugs related to the installation and configuration scripts, `install.sh`, and `configure.sh`, improving the system's overall reliability.
configurationintegratedresolved-environmentsenvironment-configurationrez
leaping-rhino/HoudiniEngineForUnreal
Nov 2021 - Aug 2023
Contributions:13 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 8 months
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