IT Developer

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! 

Created in 1996, Ubisoft Shanghai studio, is a vibrant and exciting place where our  talents get opportunities to either co-develop great AAA blockbuster games, create cutting-edge online games or produce fun mobile games.

To learn more, please visit: www.ubisoftgroup.com

Job Description

Ubisoft is seeking an experienced DevOps Administrator to join our IT Games & Studios (ITG&S) team. More precisely the Build & Orchestration team.

This role is critical to supporting and evolving the infrastructure and services that power game productions across the world. The selected candidate will be responsible for supporting services that are critical to game development pipelines and used by production teams worldwide.

The ideal candidate brings an Operations mindset combined with strong development skills — someone who is as comfortable coding new features or fixing bugs as they are troubleshooting production issues. You will need to support Linux-based applications, operate in Kubernetes environments, and dive deep into existing codebases or CI/CD pipelines to resolve problems efficiently.

You will be joining a multidisciplinary team composed of system administrators, developers, and DevOps engineers, all working together to build scalable, reliable, and high-performance solutions.

You will also play an active role in project initiatives aimed at improving and scaling our services, ensuring performance, reliability, and future readiness. As part of a worldwide team, strong communication and collaboration skills are essential.

This position includes participation in an on-call rotation, including weekends, to ensure 24/7 availability of our critical systems.

Responsibilities:

The main and routine tasks of this position are to:

• Operate, maintain, and improve build orchestration infrastructure and services.
• Collaborate with production teams to support engine pipelines and custom tooling.
• Develop and scale backend services to enhance build distribution speed and reliability.
• Design and maintain scripts to automate routine maintenance tasks and ensure system reliability.
• Develop automation tools to proactively detect, report, and remediate system health issues.
• Troubleshoot issues across the stack (infrastructure, configurations, services).
• Implement observability and monitoring solutions for system health and performance.
• Promote automation and DevOps best practices throughout the development lifecycle.
• Participate in an on-call rotation during weekends to ensure service continuity and rapid response to incidents.

Qualifications

Training:

Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field.

Oral and Written Comprehension of English

Required Skills & Experience:

• Linux & Windows : Advance-level expertise in production environments. 
• Kubernetes: Advance-level knowledge and operational experience. 
• Infrastructure as Code: Proficient with Terraform. 
• Configuration Management: Proficient with Ansible or Chef. 
• Monitoring & Observability: Experience with LOKI stack, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry. 
• Development Languages: Proficiency in one or more of the following language C#, Go, or Python. 
• CI/CD Pipelines & Build Systems: Excellent knowledge and hands-on experience. 
• Strong problem-solving skills, autonomy, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in the gaming industry or large-scale content distribution systems.
• GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux. 
• Knowledge of Windows and macOS environments.

Additional Information

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on large-scale, business-critical cloud infrastructure.
• A collaborative environment where your expertise will have a direct impact.
• Continuous learning and development opportunities.
• A culture that values knowledge sharing, automation, and modern engineering practices.

Due to the nature of incident response, you will be working in a fast-paced environment and must be efficient at prioritizing multiple critical incidents.

Skills and competencies show up in different forms and can be based on different experiences, that's why we strongly encourage you to apply even though you may not have all the requirements listed above.

At Ubisoft, you can come as you are. We embrace diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to fostering a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.