Curriculum Vitae

Name: Joshua Schmidt

Location: Leipzig, Germany (open to relocation)

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/josh-schmidt

🧭 Profile

VFX professional and lifelong tinkerer with a growing focus on Python development and systems automation.

I bring a mix of technical problem-solving, creative discipline, and automation experience from the film industry — combining artistic precision with back-end engineering skills.
Comfortable working with Python, Linux, and modern production pipelines.

💼 Experience

Render Wrangler & Data Operator — Trixter

Remote, 2022–Present

Operate and maintain the studio render farm (Tractor2).
Develop Python scripts to automate data wrangling and artist workflows.
Use GitLab, Jenkins, and Linux CLI for deployment and maintenance.
Collaborate with artists, production, and engineering to ensure smooth rendering operations.

Freelance 3D Animator — bEpic

Berlin, 2022

Created animation content for advertisements and short-form media.
Collaborated with art directors to produce client-ready motion assets.

3D Character Animator — 3DPEOPLE

Cologne, 2021

Produced realistic character animation for commercial and architectural visualization assets.
Focused on rigging, cleanup, and motion capture workflows.
3D scanning, texturing, retopology

🧰 Technical Skills

Languages: Python, GDScript, Bash
Tools & Platforms: Git, Linux, Jenkins, Tractor2, Godot, Maya, Nuke, FL Studio
Other: render automation, scripting, pipeline integration

🧪 Projects

Spellbrawl — A whimsical 2D multiplayer spell-fighting game built in Godot 4.
Focus on modular spell systems, multiplayer logic, and creative balance mechanics.

Personal Tools & Scripts — Python-based utilities for file management, automation, and turning my lights on and off because I didn't like my smart home app.

Music Production — Mostly Electronic works in FL Studio whenever inspiration strikes.

🎓 Education

Full Apprenticeship at PIXL VISN | media arts academy
Cologne, 2019-2020

Mostly self-taught in software development, Linux systems, and Python scripting through practical work, my desire to move away from windows in my personal life and all the work I have grown into over my past 3 years at Trixter.

📫 Contact

📧 joshua@ka1schmidt.de

🌐 joshs.tech

💬 Available for work across Europe, open to relocation.

This CV is a plaintext version for the web — a print-friendly PDF version is available upon request.