Senior R&D Engineer

Ubisoft is a leading developer and publisher of video games worldwide whose brand portfolio covers blockbusters such as Assassin’s Creed, Watch Dogs, The Division, Prince of Persia and Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six, Rayman, Just Dance as well as games for the whole family, from Imagine and Petz to Raving Rabbids. To continue building on its achievements for the future, Ubisoft is looking for new talent for its growing Indian studio in Pune!

We favour diversity, creativity, drive and team spirit. If you have got the skills and the desire to succeed, we want you to be a part of this exciting period of growth.

Job Summary:

UBISOFT is seeking for R&D Engineer having proficiency in C++ with good understanding of C# and has an ability to develop state of the art and robust Automation Framework in game testing. It will also involve designing and developing various tools or applications with the team to deliver a robust sustainable solution to help our teams to reduce manual efforts. The R&D engineer will work with the Automation Team Lead and help him develop automation modules for different project. The member will also collaborate with development, QC lead and different managers to understand the requirements and identify the QC needs.

Job Duties / Responsibilities:

Core Responsibilities:

1. Developing software solutions by studying information needs, conferring with users, and studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes.
2. Investigating problem areas.
3. Working closely with Production team, Developers, Tools Group and Test teams to understand game architecture, game play and thereby develop automation solution for speedy and quality delivery of games.
4. Developing robust Automated scripts ranging from simple to complex scenarios.
5. Writing unit tests whenever needed.
6. Demonstrate strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming.
7. Implementing continuous integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) for regular and on demand automation execution.
8. Analyze execution report, log valid product defect, take decisions on quality of the build and communicate status of the build quality to stake holders
9. Maintain already developed automation framework and scripts with regular changes in build and to adapt to better technologies as and when needed
10. Develop tools and applications to enhance productivity in game testing life cycle
11. Working in team, collaborating with other members of the team, locally and abroad.
12. Contribute to knowledge sharing, brain storming, and other initiatives of prototype development and innovation.
13. Demonstrate strong Principles and Practices, IOC & TDD are expected to use in his code.
14. Experience in dealing with multi-threading and concurrency issues in code, as well as experience in working on high-performance software.
15. Accomplish better engineering practices and organization mission by completing related results as needed.
16. Documenting and demonstrating solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code.

Core Competencies:

1. Good understanding of Software Development and Testing lifecycle processes
2. Strong debugging and troubleshooting abilities. Good Code review knowledge and how code repositories work. such as GitFlo etc.
3. Good verbal and communication skills
4. Be flexible in organizing the work as per the requirements
5. Well organized and autonomous. Should also have attitude to help other team members.
6. Ability to work individually on a project or in a team environment
7. Open for feedback and enjoys working in a fast paced, constantly iterating environment.
8. Highly motivated and quick learner.
9. Attitude towards innovation and learning new technologies.

Technical Competencies:

1. Expert knowledge about C++, C#, and good coding practices.
2. Strong knowledge of CI/CD using tools like Jenkins, TeamCity etc.
3. Knowledge of Versioning/source-code-control system.
4. Knowledge of Database technology – SQL, NOSQL

Behavioral Competencies:

1. Problem Solving
2. Teamwork
3. Adaptability
4. Communication
5. Initiative taking capacity
6. Motivation
7. Creative
8. Goal Oriented