Online Programmer - Online Services

Job Description

What You Will Do

• Compile and understand the project’s network/online intentions and define development needs.
• Propose improvements when necessary by designing and implementing new systems.
• Program in a clear and structured manner while considering performance, maintainability, scalability, operability, and compatibility criteria.
• Validate and verify whether new systems meet the project’s intentions and are consistent with the existing code.
• Optimize when needed.
• Document your work to ensure knowledge transfer and help users (programmers, colleagues from other disciplines) understand the new network/online systems and functions.
• Investigate and fix network/online bugs identified by other teams and by quality control.
• Collaborate with the creative director, game designers, and other teams as needed to discuss constraints and determine technical possibilities for various online/network features.
• Provide support for online/network features and systems during production and live operations.
• Analyze existing network/online features in the engine and assess whether they meet the project’s intentions.
• Perform any other related tasks.

Qualifications

What You Bring

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or other relevant training.

Relevant Experience:

• Minimum of 1 to 3 years of experience in online programming, ideally in the video game industry or any other relevant experience.

Skills:

• Strong analytical and synthesis skills
• Ability to write documentation related to design (UML, sequence diagrams, entity diagrams, etc.)
• Problem-solving skills
• Autonomy and resourcefulness
• Attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work in a team
• Ability to adapt to change
• Results-oriented

Knowledge:

• Protocols (IP, UDP, TCP) and common uses (UPnP, VoIP)
• Encryption, compression
• Hands-on experience and skills in online concepts and technologies
• Otherwise, experience with online features and first-party SDKs
• Asynchronous forms
• Ubisoft’s online technologies and services (integrators, users)
• Fault tolerance
• Security, anti-cheat, etc.
• C++, Python, C#, SQL, and any other languages relevant to the project
• LAN/WAN devices, layers, and connectivity challenges
• Network engines
• Knowledge of databases
• Cloud/elasticity
• Server architecture, server-to-server communication, distributed applications
• Stacks (internal and external, e.g., IIS, App Engine architecture)