Systems Designer - Ingénieur/développeur systèmes

Grantek Systems Integration; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ubisoft Montreal is seeking a team lead for its procedural systems group within the Anvil Pipeline. You will plan milestones and sprints, coordinate with domain leadership, and drive the delivery of complex world-building tools and systems.

You will manage tasks, monitor progress, and work closely with senior technical staff to align the team with the overall roadmap and production goals. A track record in AAA game development is essential.

Qualifications

• Ability to collaborate with other leaders and key collaborators.
• Leadership and strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong time management and prioritization skills.
• Ability to develop high-performing teams.
• Ability to manage stress, change, and ambiguity.
• Managerial courage and the ability to address issues constructively.
• Flexibility in work organization.
• Experience with the full development cycle of an AAA game.

Responsibilities

• Plan milestones and sprints with domain leadership.
• Create, prioritize, assign and track tasks daily.
• Monitor the team's progress against expected deliverables.
• Identify risks and blockers, then propose solutions to the domain manager.
• Maintain regular follow-ups with team members and contribute to their development.
• Collaborate with World Building domain lead and production team to ensure alignment and delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Communication

Time management

Team building

Adaptability

Courage

Flexibility

AAA game dev

Tools

Perforce

Visual Studio

Jira

Office 365

Job description

The Anvil Pipeline World Building team is looking for a team lead for its procedural systems team.

Joining Anvil Pipeline means contributing to Ubisoft's technology convergence, helping develop one.

What you will do

As a team lead, you will work in collaboration with the World Building domain leadership team on topics within your scope. In collaboration with the team's technical lead and the domain technical director, you will contribute to executing the vision and achieving the objectives of our roadmap. You will also be expected to develop a broad understanding of all systems supported and developed by your team, in order to effectively support decisions, priorities, and follow-ups related to deliverables.

In this role, you will plan milestones and sprints in collaboration with the relevant leaders and collaborators. You will create, prioritize, assign, and track tasks on a daily basis, as well as monitor the team's progress against expected deliverables.

You will proactively identify risks and blockers, then propose solutions to the domain manager for your team. You will also maintain regular follow-ups with each of your employees, contribute to their individual development, and actively participate in the performance evaluation process.

You will work closely with the World Building domain lead and the Anvil Pipeline production team to ensure alignment and the smooth execution of the work.

Qualifications

What you'll bring

• Ability to collaborate effectively with other leaders and key collaborators.
• Leadership and strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong time management and prioritization skills.
• Ability to develop high-performing teams.
• Ability to manage stress, change, and ambiguity.
• Managerial courage and the ability to address issues constructively.
• Flexibility in work organization.
• Experience with the full development cycle of an AAA game.

Technical knowledge

• C++.
• Development and production tools such as Perforce, Visual Studio, Jira, and Office 365.
• Technical constraints related to real-time systems, game engines, and level editors.
• Asset: procedural visual content generation tools, such as UE PCG, Houdini, etc.
• Asset: world creation tools.
• Asset: data organization in a game engine, such as entities, components, and object model.