Company Description

Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help us create the unknown!

Job Description

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Technical Architect for our Quality Control (QC) team in Ubisoft Pune. As an individual contributor, you will work closely with two Programming Leads to design, plan, and develop scalable and sustainable Automation solutions for our games. Additionally, you will act as the Technical Point of Contact (POC), representing the QC Tech. team in discussions with global technical leaders across the organization.

Job Duties / Responsibilities Core Responsibilities:

1. Automation Solutions Design: Identify and implement the most suitable technologies to solve QC challenges and improve efficiency.

2. Requirements Analysis: Collaborate with Product teams to understand business problems and translate them into functional and technical requirements.

3. Architecture Development: Perform architecture analysis to derive non-functional requirements, ensuring performance, scalability, security, and maintainability.

4. Framework & Standards: Design and document system architecture, interfaces, and frameworks for automation solutions, ensuring long-term sustainability.

5. Technical Guidance: Guide Programming Leads and teams in implementing frameworks and adhering to architecture best practices.

6. Technology Evaluation: Propose and validate technology solutions for automation challenges, including proof-of-concept (POC) development.

7. Code Quality: Conduct code reviews and promote best practices to ensure high quality, maintainable code.

8. Collaboration: Work closely with Programming Leads and Project Managers to define team composition, effort estimates, and execution strategies.

9. Problem Resolution: Troubleshoot technical issues and provide expert guidance to teams as needed.

10. Training Plans: Creating a long-term training plan for the Tech. teams for core technical trainings and work closely with L&D Manager to ensure execution.

Global Technical Leadership Responsibilities:

1. Technical POC: Represent the QC team in global technical discussions, aligning QC solutions with organizational goals and ensuring cross-team collaboration.

2. Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with global tech leaders, ensuring QC automation efforts are integrated into the broader tech ecosystem.

3. Knowledge Sharing: Act as a bridge between global and local tech teams, sharing best practices, emerging trends, and new technologies.

4. Strategic Influence: Contribute to the global tech strategy by providing insights into QC challenges and automation opportunities.

Core Competencies:

1. Solution-oriented mindset with a focus on delivering maintainable and scalable technical solutions.

2. Strong understanding of application architectures and their interconnectivity.

3. Expertise in designing and enforcing architectural frameworks and processes.

4. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to influence and collaborate with global stakeholders.

Behavioral Competencies:

1. Problem-solving and analytical thinking.

2. Effective teamwork and collaboration.

3. Adaptability to evolve technologies and project needs.

4. Clear and concise communication skills.

5. Initiative and self-motivation to innovate and improve processes.

6. Leadership skills to guide and influence technical decisions.

7. Creativity and goal-oriented mindset to achieve project milestones.

Qualifications

Technical Competencies:

1. Minimum 12+ years of experience in C++, C#, Python, and Web API development.

2. Hands-on experience in architectural design and creating frameworks for automation.

3. Strong background in developing and validating proof-of-concepts for new technologies.

4. Deep understanding of performance optimization and scalable system design.