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Data Architect (DNA)

Job Description

As a Data Architect within Ubi MTL’s DNA team, you’ll contribute in how video game data gets used within the company and how product decisions are made.

More specifically, you’ll focus on the company’s big data platform: designing highly scalable data products serving billions of data points, to support the work of many analysts, data scientists and engineers across the company.

What you’ll do

In a SCRUM/agile environment:

• Work closely with analysts across our studios, assessing which data and metrics matter most.
• Gather, process, and structure disparate data, to make it accessible for end users.
• Coach analysts and developers on the usage of the platform and best practices.
• Collaborate on decisions around the use of new tools and processes.
• Contribute to coming up with solutions to continuously improve data quality.
• Stay up to date on technological advancements to help develop our best practices.

Qualifications

What you bring

• An undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or equivalent
• Around 5 years of data engineering or architecture experience (or related experience)
• Experience working with big data technologies (e.g. Kafka, Hadoop, Hive, HBase, Spark, etc.)
• Understanding of microservices architecture and REST APIs
• Solid critical thinking, communication and interpersonal skills
• A highly collaborative and innovative spirit, with plenty of flexibility
• Motivation to make complex information accessible (and understandable) to all
• Willingness to get out of your comfort zone + continuously learn and try new things
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and cloud-native big data solutions (e.g. AWS, Google), an asset
  

What to send our way

• Your CV, highlighting your education, experience, and skills

DNA: developing and managing data services and tools

The DNA team develops and manages a variety of data services and tools for storing and analyzing game telemetry. Known as a company-wide reference and trusted source, our products provide:

• real-time visibility on how Ubisoft titles are played; and
• an understanding of the habits and preferences of the people playing them.

Committed to knowledge sharing, we collect, process, and curate in-game data. Then transform it into clear and informative visualizations. The result? Meaningful metrics for production teams to make informed decisions and create even better gaming experiences.

About us

At Ubisoft Montreal, a preeminent developer of video games located in Montreal’s dynamic Mile-End neighbourhood since 1997, we offer a work environment unique in the industry for allowing you to build and cultivate games that are part of critically acclaimed, iconic AAA franchises of international repute.

When you join Ubi Montreal, you enter a community of passionate, extraordinary developers connected by their need to innovate, to be creative and to work with the latest technology. You’ll discover a world where employees enjoy constant career advancement, a supportive learning environment, and competitive compensation packages.

More than anything, at Ubi Montreal, you will regularly ship a variety of big, quality titles – Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Rainbow Six, Watch_Dogs, For Honor and… well we can’t disclose all our secrets just yet… – and work with some of the most talented people in the industry.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status.