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Team Lead, Build & Release
2 years ago
Job Description
Ubisoft Toronto Inc.
224 Wallace Avenue. M6H 1V7
Toronto, Ontario
www.toronto.ubisoft.com
Location of position: Toronto, Ontario
Our Mission
Ubisoft is committed to enriching players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. We create worlds where people can express themselves, explore, and discover new possibilities.
Ubisoft Toronto was founded in 2010 and has contributed to many award-winning Ubisoft brands, including Assassin’s Creed®, Far Cry®, For HonorTM, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell®, and Watch Dogs®. In 2018, the team at Ubisoft Toronto developed its first new IP, Starlink: Battle for Atlas, and led Watch Dogs: Legion. Ubisoft Toronto will be one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People in 2020.
Are you looking to work with enthusiastic experts who are tackling game-changing challenges in entertainment and beyond? At Ubisoft, we offer an open environment where bright ideas have a chance to shine, and everyone is eager to share knowledge.
Challenge accepted? Join us and Create the Unknown.
On being a Team Lead, Build and Release at Ubisoft Toronto
The Build and Release Team Lead will guide a team of talented and inspired Build and Release Specialists. They’ll ensure the development and improvement of the build and deployment pipeline and tools for our game projects while embracing the DevOps philosophy.
In a cutting-edge tech environment that combines C++, C#, Go, Python (and more) and targets a variety of platforms, game consoles, and cloud providers, you’ll be responsible for assessing existing solutions and tools to establish an up-to-date pipeline for production teams to compile quickly, test, deploy, and integrate.
Your team successfully achieves its ambitions thanks to your technological know-how, leadership, and ability to make informed decisions when facing challenges. You are proud and passionate about the systems you create together.
Type of Position: Permanent, full-time.
The daily life of a Team Lead, Build and Release at Ubisoft Toronto
- Create, prioritize, assign, and follow up on your team’s tasks and the advancement of their work based on defined deliverables and KPIs;
- Communicate regularly with leads of other disciplines to plan, assess risks and deliver on time;
- Responsible for supporting each member of your team in improving their technical and interpersonal skills;
- Develop a modern build solution, improving build distribution by using tools and solutions to manage dependencies (NuGet, Docker, etc.);
- Integrate new and evolve existing solutions to handle distributed testing and complex, multi-platform integration tests + implement metrics and tools to follow quality and performance;
- Collaborate with game development teams to enhance our current deployment processes for both SDKs (Artefactory/Conan, etc.) and online services (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.);
- Evaluate and implement technologies & review and adapt our best practices.
- Gather and understand team needs to enrich the pipeline, help replicate it, and make it a new standard for a wide range of SDKs and online services;
- Act as a go-to person and expert in all topics DevOps (e.g. automation, infrastructure definition, configuration management, deployment, monitoring, continuous integration and delivery, etc.).
What it takes to make it
- An undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent;
- Around five years of software development experience (as a build and release engineer, a huge plus) + 3 years of management;
- In-depth knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and deployment tools (ideally for both SDKs and online services: Git/GitLab, Jenkins/Team City or equivalent, NuGet, Artifactory, Conan, and Docker/Kubernetes);
- Understanding of scripting languages;
- A highly collaborative spirit: you’re able to collaborate with an array of teams from various technical backgrounds;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
- Attention to detail, critical thinking, resourcefulness, and plenty of flexibility;
- Ability to resolve problems and take the initiative + quickly grasp and adapt to new tools and environments.
We Offer:
· Competitive Salary
· Comprehensive Benefits Package:
o Disability Insurance
o Dental Insurance
o Extended medical insurance
o (Optional) RRSP contribution
o Relocation Assistance
o Bonus (If Applicable)
Why Ubisoft Toronto?
Located in Toronto's up-and-coming Junction Triangle neighbourhood since 2010, Ubisoft Toronto is a studio full of passionate and experienced game developers focused on making innovative and exciting games. With over 35 languages spoken, Ubisoft Toronto is as diverse as the booming city it calls home. At Ubisoft Toronto, we are passionate about positive culture, and we host monthly team celebrations and organize events for employees and their families. We offer a variety of health and wellness initiatives like on-site yoga, on-site occupational therapists, flexible days, and an abundance of fresh fruit to promote a balanced life.
Ubisoft Toronto conducts annual performance reviews to help our team develop their careers and grow with our studio. We provide the opportunity for salary increases annually as part of the performance review process. Ubisoft Toronto also offers a comprehensive health benefits package, generous RRSP matching, industry education support, training, and career development.
Join us and see for yourself why Ubisoft is rated one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People multiple years running!
Join Us!
At Ubisoft Toronto, we look for people who are excited to create the future of games in one of the most diverse cities in the world. We believe that embracing our differences helps us build stronger creative teams and develop better games for all players.
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all interested candidates. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous people, racialized people, neurodivergent people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and people with intersectional identities.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities upon request.
If this sounds like your kind of studio, what are you waiting for? Apply to join us now!
We thank you for your interest; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. No agencies, please.
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