Job Description
About Online Services & Online Tech Foundation
Online Services (OS) is Ubisoft’s central organization responsible for developing and operating the shared online capabilities that power our games, tools, and internal platforms. We build essential systems such as identity, notifications, content management, automations, Game Servers orchestration, matchmaking, telemetry, and more — enabling Ubisoft teams to deliver online features and live experiences to millions of players worldwide.
We collaborate with game productions, internal technology teams, and global publishing groups to ensure our online ecosystem is reliable, scalable, secure, cost-efficient, and developer friendly.
Online Tech Foundation (OTF) is the engineering backbone behind these capabilities. OTF defines and maintains the platforms, cloud infrastructure, architectural standards, and foundational tooling used across Online Services. OTF champions API-first development, cloud-native design, shift-left testing, DevSecOps, automation, observability, and operational excellence.
Joining OTF means contributing to the engineering foundations that shape the future of Ubisoft’s online ecosystem.
What you will do
We are seeking a Technical Lead to support two strategic Online Services domains: Core Services and Game Servers.
This role is fully focused on technical leadership — not people management. You will serve as a technical reference, guiding architectural decisions, influencing engineering direction, and contributing directly to complex service design and implementation.
You will collaborate with Product Managers, Directors, Architects, and CPI stakeholders to ensure our systems remain scalable, secure, cloud-native, API-first, observable, automated, and cost-efficient. You will also contribute to our evolution toward AI-assisted engineering and AIOps.
Responsibilities
Technical Leadership (non-managerial)
Support and contribute to technical mandates sponsored by Directors, Product Managers, or Architects, ensuring alignment with Online Services’ architecture and API-first principles.
Provide expert guidance on microservices architecture, API design, cloud infrastructure, security, observability, and performance.
Hands-On Technical Contribution
Lead the investigation and resolution of complex technical issues related to distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, API behavior, and service resilience.
Cloud, Security & DevSecOps
Optimize cloud-based systems (AWS preferred) for performance, security, resiliency, and financial efficiency.
Promote Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), security-by-design, CI/CD automation, and shift-left testing across the service lifecycle.
Cross-Unit Technical Collaboration
Champion high-quality engineering standards, including code quality, observability, maintainability, and operational readiness.
AI-Assisted Engineering & AIOps
Explore and leverage AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g., test generation, code completion, anomaly detection, observability insights) to enhance developer workflows.
Qualifications
What you bring
Education
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent experience.
Experience
Minimum 1 year of demonstrated technical leadership experience, including influencing architectural decisions, driving technical initiatives, or acting as a technical reference within a team. (This refers to technical leadership, not people management.)
Technical Skills
Deep expertise in microservices, API-first architecture, cloud-native patterns (Kubernetes, containers, IaC), DevSecOps, and observability.
Strong experience with distributed systems, reliability engineering, performance optimization, and cloud cost management.
Soft Skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on scalability, security, and efficiency.
Why Join Us?
Collaborate with experts in architecture, cloud, DevSecOps, performance, observability, and AI.
