Senior Tech Lead: Core Services & Game Servers (Hybrid)

Ubisoft Entertainment; Quebec; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative gaming company in Canada seeks a Technical Lead for Core Services and Game Servers. This role emphasizes technical leadership over people management, guiding architectural decisions and developing scalable, secure services. Candidates should have extensive software development experience, especially in cloud-based systems, with a focus on microservices architecture and API-first development. Join us to influence foundational online capabilities impacting millions of players worldwide and collaborate with industry experts.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience in cloud-based distributed systems.
• 5+ years of experience in microservices architecture and API-first development.
• Minimum 1 year of demonstrated technical leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Guide architectural choices and technology direction.
• Support technical mandates sponsored by Directors and Product Managers.
• Provide expert guidance on microservices architecture and API design.
• Contribute as a senior engineer to secure and scalable microservices.
• Optimize cloud-based systems for performance and security.
• Promote Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD automation.
• Conduct performance and security assessments.

Skills

Deep expertise in microservices

API-first architecture

Cloud-native patterns (Kubernetes, containers)

DevSecOps

Observability

C#

TypeScript

GO

C++

Java

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Job description

An innovative gaming company in Canada seeks a Technical Lead for Core Services and Game Servers. This role emphasizes technical leadership over people management, guiding architectural decisions and developing scalable, secure services. Candidates should have extensive software development experience, especially in cloud-based systems, with a focus on microservices architecture and API-first development. Join us to influence foundational online capabilities impacting millions of players worldwide and collaborate with industry experts.