Ubisoft

Ubisoft

Technical Lead Data (TGQF)

Montreal, QC, Canada

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 6 days ago
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About the role

  • The incumbent serves as the primary technical authority for all matters related to data, data architectures, and analytics platforms within Quality Foundations.
  • Working closely with architects, development teams, and product leaders, this role contributes to defining, implementing, and evolving the organization's target data architecture.
  • The incumbent ensures the adoption of technical best practices, promotes consistency across the Quality Foundations product portfolio, and aligns data initiatives with the company's strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with architects and contribute to the design of new data products and services by proposing robust, scalable solutions aligned with organizational needs.
  • Participate in the implementation of the target data architecture and drive its adoption across teams.
  • Define, maintain, and promote data standards and best practices within QF, ensuring their consistent application across teams.
  • Propose, review, and validate technical and architectural decisions through Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), and ensure adoption of approved decisions.
  • Analyze and optimize the performance, cost efficiency, reliability, and scalability of data systems.
  • Collaborate with development, analytics, artificial intelligence, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration of data solutions.
  • Quality Foundations (QF) develops and operates cross-functional products, platforms, and services that enhance the quality, observability, performance, and operations of Ubisoft games through data, analytics, and artificial intelligence.
  • In this context, the Lead Data Technical plays a key role in defining and evolving the data foundations that support QF's various products.
  • They act as the lead expert responsible for designing, evolving, and operating robust, scalable, and high-performance data solutions that meet the needs of development, production, analytics, and AI teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or an equivalent field of study.
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in software development or data engineering.
  • Experience in technical leadership, team coaching, or mentorship.
  • Experience with distributed architectures and large-scale data processing systems.
  • Experience designing configurable and environment-agnostic solutions (development, staging, production), including pipeline-as-code and configuration management practices.
  • Experience documenting architectural and technical decisions.
  • Knowledge of cloud services ( AWS, Azure, or equivalent ) as well as Docker and Kubernetes technologies.
  • Knowledge of data orchestration frameworks such as Apache Airflow or Databricks Workflows.
  • Knowledge of real-time data streaming technologies ( Spark Structured Streaming or equivalent).
  • Knowledge of Databricks, Apache Spark (batch and streaming), Delta Lake, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL.

Skills

  • Strong expertise in large-scale data solution development and SQL/NoSQL data modeling.

Company info

  • Ubisoft's teams consist of 20,000 people spread across more than 30 countries around the world, all united by a common mission: to enrich the lives of gamers through original and memorable gaming experiences.
  • Their energy and talent have brought to life numerous acclaimed franchises such as Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come.
  • Ubisoft is a company committed to equal opportunity and believes that diversity of backgrounds and perspectives is essential to creating worlds where everyone can thrive and express themselves.
  • Working at Ubi MTL means enjoying a workplace that sparks creativity and fosters connection.
  • We offer a collaborative environment focused on professional growth, learning opportunities, and well-being (as evidenced by our generous benefits package!).
  • If you're excited about taking on thrilling challenges, leveraging the latest technologies, and shaping the future of entertainment, join us in creating the unknown.
  • At Ubisoft, you're welcome just as you are.
  • We embrace diversity in all its forms.
  • We're committed to fostering an inclusive work environment that respects all differences.
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