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Senior Pipeline Lead (Snowdrop game engine)

Job Description

Snowdrop is a powerful game engine that enables Ubisoft content creators to set their creative minds free. Fast and flexible, Snowdrop gives developers innovative tools designed from the ground up for creating the unknown. Snowdrop provides the perfect canvas for game developers to paint the games of the future.

As Senior Lead at Ubisoft Annecy, you bring the technological roadmap of the snowdrop engine to life build building a strong collaboration with our Ubisoft Massive studio, located in Malmö, Sweden. Your proven experience in managing large technical teams, your deep knowledge in production technologies, your solid organization skills, allow you to drive a team of skilled people in an international context. You are recognized by your peers as a strong leader, a team player and having the ability to connect people. On a daily basis, you build and manage teams of talented programmers composed of rendering, engine and tools programmer, led by you or team leads directly under your responsibili ty.

Your daily life

• Communicate and build solid partnerships with the studios participating in the project, understand the technical direction given to you and translate it into objectives for your team
  
• Plan and coordinate the various technical activities of the project and the necessary resources according to the roadmap ahead
  
• Analyze and document development needs and assess their feasibility in order to best serve the project
  
• Solve complex problems, always working towards optimizing technical performance
  
• Ensure the communication and visibility necessary for your team to enable it to work under the best conditions
  
• Empower your team and manage its performance: definition of objectives, providing regular feedback, encouraging career progression, etc.
  
• Ensure team goals are met on time, on budget and meet project needs
  
• Monitor the evolution of the game architecture
  
• Supervise resource planning and recruitment

Qualifications

What you bring

• About 10 years of programming experience
  
• Significant experience as a manager of a programming team
  
• An experience that allows you to understand the technological challenges of the different programming teams and an ability to guide these teams in their technical choices
  
• A mastery of the various programming languages usually used for the production of video games
  
• A strong knowledge of game engine technologies (ex: Unity, Unreal, etc.)
  
• Strong analytical skills, excellent communication skills and engaging leadership
  
• An ability to synthesize and communicate information effectively to your internal contacts (team, other entities, management, etc.)
  
• Good stress management and rigor in the organization of work
  
• A deep understanding of video game production and the ability to understand the perspective of different trades

Additional Information

Ubisoft is committed to creating an inclusive work environment that reflects the diversity of our player community. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status.

All information will be treated as confidential in accordance with the Employment Equity Act.

Integrating the Ubisoft French studios also means:

• Join passionate and highly technical teams, all driven by the desire to design and develop innovative games and stand out for their quality
  
• Collaborate with teams recognized for their experience on renowned franchises
  
• Develop expertise by participating in in-house sharing events (talks, conferences, trade shows) and benefiting from tailor-made training programs
  
• Evolve in a leading French videogame company represented in 30 different countries, with opportunities for international development

Company Description

Ubisoft’s 20 000 team members, working across more than 40 locations around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their dedication and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come.

Ubisoft Annecy

Founded in 1996, Ubisoft Annecy has developed many sagas, especially on Splinter Cell, Assassin’s Creed®, while focusing on multiplayer online and social aspects, and also on concrete game mandates such as Tom Clancy’s: The Division 2® and Ghost Recon Wildlands. We are now proud to have developed our own IP, Steep!

Located in one of the most dynamic regions of France, our Ubisoft studio is settled between lake and mountains, in the middle of Annecy, also known as the Venice of the Alps, 30 minutes away from Geneva International Airport. Having a studio with perpetual growth, we are focusing on our team members' commitment and team work. Our ambition relies on innovation and excellence with an ultimate purpose: our players' satisfaction!

Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.