Technical Lead, Core Services & Game Servers (Cloud-Native)

Ubisoft Entertainment; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming company in Montreal is seeking a Technical Lead to oversee essential online services for game servers. This role focuses on guidance rather than people management, influencing architectural decisions, and ensuring systems are scalable and secure. Applicants should have over 10 years in software development, with expertise in microservices and API-first architecture. Enjoy the challenge of enhancing online gaming infrastructures in a collaborative, innovative environment. Competitive compensation is offered along with the possibility to work on cloud-native systems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on software development experience, ideally in cloud-based distributed systems.
• 5+ years of experience in microservices architecture and API-first development.
• Demonstrated technical leadership experience influencing architectural decisions.

Responsibilities

• Guide architectural choices and technology direction as a senior technical authority.
• Contribute to the design and development of secure, scalable microservices and APIs.
• Optimize cloud-based systems for performance, security, and financial efficiency.

Skills

Microservices

API-first architecture

Cloud-native patterns

Reliability engineering

Programming in C#

Distributed systems

DevSecOps

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

A leading gaming company in Montreal is seeking a Technical Lead to oversee essential online services for game servers. This role focuses on guidance rather than people management, influencing architectural decisions, and ensuring systems are scalable and secure. Applicants should have over 10 years in software development, with expertise in microservices and API-first architecture. Enjoy the challenge of enhancing online gaming infrastructures in a collaborative, innovative environment. Competitive compensation is offered along with the possibility to work on cloud-native systems.