Ubisoft Kiev offers you a great opportunity to participate in challenging multi-site R&D project in close cooperation with Ubisoft Montpellier! We invite highly-qualified specialists who will be a great contribution for Kiev, Montpellier and Montreal teams.
In case you feel confident that you match the vacancy below or just have a solid game development experience, please send your CV to our email.

We offer:

•  challenging and exciting projects
•  access to the cutting-edge hardware
•  experience using hottest both commercial and internally developed game engines (CryEngine, Scimitar, and more)
•  hands-on experience with the most established gamedev middleware (Havok, PhysX, Bink, SpeedTree, HumanIK and others)
•  proficient and fun-to-work-with colleagues
•  adequate level of compensation
•  medical insurance
•  training missions in Montpellier, France
•  English/French courses

Responsibilities:

• Compile and understand the physicality needs described in the design documents so as to assess the technical feasibility of the developments to be carried out;
• Assess existing physical functionalities in the engine and determine whether or not they meet project requirements;
• Suggest improvements if necessary by designing and implementing new systems;
• Collaborate with game designers in determining the technical constraints and possibilities of the various physical functions;
• Program in a clear and structured way, taking performance, maintenance, compatibility, and portability requirements into account;
• Validate and verify if the newly developed systems meet the specific physicality requirements of the project and are coherent with the existing code;
• Optimize the profiling methods if necessary;
• Support the functionalities and systems designed for the project;
• Seek out and correct the physicality bugs identified by people from other crafts and the quality control team;
• Document the work so as to transfer knowledge and enable users (from other crafts) to understand how to use the new physicality systems and functionalities;
• Carry out all other related tasks.

Qualifications and Technical Competencies:

•  5 years of experience in programming language C/C++;
•  3 years experience in physic concept application to video games or a working experience with memory constraints, CPU and PC;
•  good knowledge of the internal functioning of hardware;

Assets:

•  Good analytical and synthesizing abilities;
•  Problem-solving skills;
•  Autonomous and resourceful;
•  Ability to take initiative;
•  Attention to detail;
•  Good communication and interpersonal skills;
•  Fluent level of English (both written and spoken) is a must have;
•   Confident level of French is a plus.