Production Tools Team Lead

Massive Entertainment is a world-renowned AAA game development studio located in Malmö, Sweden, and a proud part of the Ubisoft family. Our diverse and talented team of over 750 professionals hails from more than 50 countries, all driven by a shared passion for crafting memorable gaming experiences. 

At Massive, we are committed to pushing the boundaries of creativity and technology, currently leading projects such as Tom Clancy’s The Division 3 while continuously working on our live games Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Star Wars Outlaws, and Tom Clancy’s The Division 2.  

We're also at the forefront of tech innovation, developing our proprietary Snowdrop engine, which powers many of Ubisoft’s flagship titles, and contributing to Ubisoft Connect, Ubisoft's digital ecosystem and distribution platform. 

Join us, and you'll have the opportunity to do what you love while shaping the future of interactive entertainment. 

We are looking for an experienced backend/full stack developer to lead our Production Tools team.

As team lead, you would be responsible for managing the team that is developing production tools and processes to help developers track the progress and efficiency of their projects and make shipping games as effortless and pleasurable as possible. You will ensure we can improve the quality of life for hundreds of developers across many disciplines. You will be using a wide spectrum of technologies ranging from Redis, Kubernetes, Docker, git, JQL, PostgreSQL, Node.js / Typescript on the server side, to the React / Typescript stack on the front-end.

You should have a good understanding of statistics (linear regression, normal distributions, mean, median, mode, etc..), this will help you understand the tools you will be working on. Your primary responsibility will be developing RESTful web APIs and interfacing with data sources. Experience with Jira and understanding data query languages is necessary.

You will work in close collaboration with other programmers, producers, and analysts, with the frequent opportunity to collaborate with other Ubisoft studios.

We are offering a permanent position in Malmö, Sweden, with the flexibility to work partially from home (up to two days a week) under our Flexible Workplace Policy. Please apply using English, our company's primary language. 

What you will do

• Leading, guiding and mentoring the team, whilst adhering to Massive’s core values
• Writing clear, modular, and maintainable code
• Participating in and leading feature task forces for technical design and implementation/improvement of new features
• Testing, debugging, profiling, and maintaining existing code
• Developing and maintaining internal APIs and web applications in React and Node.js

You are an experienced lead, and have worked in large, project-based organizations before. You appreciate working with high quality technology and are confident in your communication skills. You enjoy working and collaborating with a team that is open to innovative ideas and is learning and experimenting together to produce creative and innovative ways of solving technical problems. You take initiative and you are comfortable with working autonomously. Besides the above we are looking for someone aligned with our core values and the following skills and experience:

• Proven track record of successfully leading a team
• Professional experience with Node.js / Typescript
• Skilled with writing efficient and highly optimized systems
• Solid understanding of distributed services
• A passion for statistics and data analysis
• Experience with React, JavaScript, CSS, HTML

Ubisoft’s 19,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their commitment 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 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. 

You can also find a summary of the Massive Job Perks here.  

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