Back-End Golang Developer

Ubisoft Entertainment; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented Golang Developer to join their Monitoring team. In this exciting role, you will be instrumental in developing tools and automation solutions for a state-of-the-art monitoring ecosystem. You'll engage with cutting-edge technologies, including Kubernetes, Docker, and Prometheus, while collaborating with a multi-skilled team. This is a unique opportunity to enhance your skills in a dynamic environment focused on innovation and excellence in online gaming. If you're passionate about technology and eager to tackle game-changing challenges, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Good experience with Golang and monitoring tools.
• Expertise in large enterprise environments with DevOps exposure.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the SDLC of the monitoring platform and develop automation solutions.
• Ensure effectiveness of metric dashboards and support functionalities.

Skills

Golang

Monitoring Tools

DevOps Philosophy

Infrastructure Protocols

Tools

Prometheus

Kubernetes

Docker

ELK Stack

Job description

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Ubisoft IT is looking for a Golang Developer to join the Monitoring team. This team is responsible for supporting our operational teams with state-of-the-art monitoring and event management solutions that address the demanding nature of online gaming and disrupted applications in a cloud and virtualized environment.

As a Golang Developer joining this team, you will be part of a multi-skilled team responsible for developing the necessary tools for our monitoring ecosystem, while ensuring its evolution and improvement. Working with this team will allow you to work with native cloud and virtualization technologies as well as emerging technologies such as Golang, Kubernetes, Docker, and Prometheus.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the entire development lifecycle (SDLC) of our monitoring platform, developing tools and automation solutions within the platform ecosystem;
• Participate in the implementation of new monitoring platforms and sources;
• Ensure the effectiveness of metric dashboards and support implemented functionalities;
• Participate in application governance and infrastructure monitoring design, implementation, customization, and support;
• Act as an expert in monitoring tools and platform development within the DevOps framework, while keeping abreast of new trends, best practices, and technologies;
• Configure and maintain a centralized monitoring platform;
• Provide event logs and repositories to facilitate investigation and prevention of incidents, problems, and Quality of Service (QoS) issues;
• Develop the technical skills of everyone, including your peers, through mentoring, coaching, and training.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Good experience with the programming language Golang;
• Significant experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus and open-source monitoring technologies such as time series databases, metric dashboards, real-time charts, chart editors, ELK stacks, and vector framework;
• Development expertise in large enterprise environments and exposure to DevOps philosophy;
• Knowledge of container technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker;
• Ability to develop the technical skills of team members through mentoring, coaching, and training;
• Good understanding of infrastructure protocols for collecting event data at the element level, network performance, application performance, and operations.