Team Lead (F/M/NB)

About Ubisoft

Ubisoft’s 20,000 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. 

Ubisoft Bordeaux

Founded in September 2017, Ubisoft Bordeaux works with passion on the biggest AAA’s game in order to offer the best gaming experiences to our players. Today, the studio has more than 400 talents, from 15 different nationalities, who work on licenses such as Assassin's Creed, Beyond Good & Evil 2, plus other unannounced free-to-play games. We are also working on exciting technologies with the Anvil team, Online services teams and with La Forge who seek to validate the value of technological innovations.

We are looking for experienced developers with proven leading experience to take on team leadership responsibilities for Ubisoft Connect in teams located in Bordeaux and collaborating with other teams in Europe and Canada.  

As a team lead, you will guide a team of back-end and front-end software engineers and collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and QA specialists to ensure successful launch of new features in Ubisoft Connect, as well as maintenance of the existing functionality.  

Our team members are self-sufficient and have a problem-solving mindset. We are looking for people who are passionate about gaming and who are always one step ahead in development platforms, processes, and new functionality. We expect the candidate to be curious, open-minded, polyvalent, and comfortable exploring novel solutions to deliver new experiences to Ubisoft players. 

Key responsibilities include 

• Driving the projects your team is involved in by transforming the input requirements into an actionable plan and facilitating the prioritization and distribution of work 
• Collaborating with people of different profiles (engineering, product management, quality assurance) 
• Fostering good software engineering practices including code reviews, automated testing, and continuous deployment 
• Contributing to the design and implementation of software components of Ubisoft Connect 
• Supporting your team members in their professional growth

• At least 5 years of software engineering or engineering management experience 
• Proven record of delivered products or features 
• Strong technical skills in at least one of the following programming languages: Go, C++, TypeScript 
• Experience with Agile methodologies 
• Effective communication skills and ability to build strong professional relationships with other people 
• Experience with back-end engineering and cloud infrastructure 

Contract: permanent contract

Location: based in Bordeaux – France

Remote: hybrid

Hiring Process: 

• Interview with our Tech recruiter
• Interview with the hiring manager
• Interview(s) with the team

If your application is not selected, you will receive a negative answer.

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