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Technical Director (M/F) – Ubisoft Paris Mobile
3 years ago
Job Description
You will join the production of a AAA midcore mobile game based on a top notch Ubisoft IP and will be responsible for the project's technical feasibility, lead times and performance. In this capacity, you will help and challenge the production team's various units to architecture the project, find solutions to optimally implement game mechanics, and define and maintain a production pipeline.
You will work in close collaboration with the Producer and the various Leads to define the technical specifications of games in development, assess the difficulty of tasks at hand, and bring team members together around a strong ambition.
To this end your main tasks will be to:
- Act as the team's technical consultant by demonstrating genuine expertise on key issues and supervising their operational aspects: optimizing the code's architecture and quality, reviewing the implementation of features, offering advice on the requisite tools, etc.
- Define the team's requirements and technical constraints with a view to realizing the creative vision.
- Guarantee that the game is delivered on time with the expected level of quality and craftsmanship on all the target platforms.
- Help to schedule the work together with the Producer in line with the scope of each task in order to strike a balance between the quality required and the delivery capability (lead times, costs, resources, etc.).
- Define the budgets (CPU/GPU) on the target platforms for each feature, and review their implementation to anticipate difficulties and guarantee performance.
- Actively participate in project debugging and polishing up to reach the highest standards expected by our players.
- Assert yourself as the studio's technical contact for Mobile HQ, the group's studios and other Ubisoft entities.
- Constantly stay informed of the industry's best practices and be on the alert for the latest technologies.
- Get involved in the technical teams' development, by sourcing and recruiting the best talents, and supporting the development of existing programmers.
Qualifications
To succeed in this role :
- You have at least 6 years' experience as a Programmer in the video games sphere, and have already had a chance to ship a mobile, PC or console project.
- You are familiar with issues relating to optimization and architecture, and benefit from knowledge of the Unity engine.
- You have a fondness for video games, especially mobile games.
- You are meticulous and teamwork-oriented.
Company Description
At Ubisoft Paris-Mobile, today we build the virtual arenas of tomorrow. Mobile games that are both accessible and far-reaching, in which millions of players take each other on and ultimately come together.
In every one of our creations, we put the focus on gameplay. Gameplay must innovate and federate so that as many people as possible can enjoy it, whether as players or spectators. As a result, our games are alive and dazzling. They tell their stories through the seasons. They are devised not only with great enthusiasm, but also with our players.
Striving for excellence involves learning every day: from our players, from our competitors, and from ourselves. Joining Ubisoft Paris Mobile means benefiting from the resources and expertise of the world's third largest independent video games publisher; it means being able to push forward Ubisoft's biggest licences as part of an agile structure, all through human-sized teams.
Within our studio, we share the same idea of a challenging, compassionate working environment, one that prospers from the wealth of our talents and the diversity of our personalities. More than anything, we firmly believe that only by playing together can we create the best possible experiences.
Would you like to take part in our adventure? Ubisoft is looking for a Technical Director.
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