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Project Lead Programmer, online services, Ubisoft Sherbrooke

Job Description

As a Project Lead Programmer within the online services team, you set the strategic direction and quality standards of a live, online web platform that supports all our Ubisoft games.

With a focus on site reliability, you define the platform’s overall technological vision and guide a team of talented and inspired programmers, overseen by just-as-passionate programming team leads to turn it into reality.

Sometimes, you roll up your sleeves and get deep into coding, because, after all, it’s still your first love. Your global vision and your deep comprehension of what everyone does on your team allow you to harmonize and to multiply the results of everyone’s hard work.

When quality features are delivered and when they work together cohesively, you know you have contributed to delivering a reliable, consistent, enriching experience to our players. And that’s what truly motivates you.

What you’ll do

• Plan the platform’s technological activities.
• Help your team leads to advance the development of their systems and ensure that they are coherent with developments made by parallel tech teams.
• Communicate the site reliability vision and engage your team on the evolution of deliverables.
• Voice challenges observations + make recommendations on behalf of the project’s programming teams at the core team level to improve quality.
• Assess tools and workflows + suggest improvements (especially automated ones).
• Diagnose and correct online services issues.
• Coordinate resources to achieve service-level objectives.
• Participate in recruitment to build your team of back-end programmers + foster their growth.

Qualifications

What you bring

• Programming experience (or other relevant experience) + 5 years of management
• Experience with a variety of programming languages (especially C#, JavaScript, C++, and WPF)
• Solid strategic leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Deep-rooted knowledge of live operations
• A future-focused mindset: you’re constantly looking towards the long-term
• The ability to remain calm when faced with setbacks (you know there’s always a solution at hand)

Additional Information

About us

Ubisoft Sherbrooke is set to open its doors in 2022.

In the heart of Sherbrooke, this new studio will be composed of multidisciplinary teams dedicated to developing iconic franchises that engage millions worldwide.

We're looking for passionate creators who want to make exceptional games and deliver memorable experiences to our players. Joining Ubi Sherbrooke means playing a major role in the video game industry. It represents contributing to advancing Ubisoft's tech and shaping the economic and social landscape of the Eastern Townships. These are local efforts with positive, far-reaching impacts!

The world of work is changing. And so are we. Our universal vacation time, hybrid and flexible work, competitive benefits, and host of learning opportunities will allow you to reach your full potential. Here, work-life balance is at the core of our day-to-day.

At the Sherbrooke studio, you’ll discover a workplace that sparks inspiration and connection: an environment with an array of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

Our desire to dream big, take risks, and constantly improve will contribute to the innovation and boundary-pushing that will result in our collective success.

At Ubisoft, you can come as you are. We embrace diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to fostering a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.