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R&D Developer

Ubisoft Shanghai, Shanghai senior full-time

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Description

As an R&D Developer in La Forge China team, you will develop state-of-the-art prototypes that bring innovations to players and across the company, in domains such as virtual characters and behaviors, digital content creation or systemic environments.

You will transform proof-of-concepts into minimum viable products that are production-ready and easy to transfer to game development and technology teams.

You will also create tools, standardize processes, and share best practices to increase efficiency at La Forge.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and integrate machine learning prototypes in game engines & middleware
  • Work closely with R&D Scientists throughout prototypes creation
  • Transform proof-of-concepts and prototypes into minimum viable products
  • Work closely with game and technology teams to release production-ready solutions that meet expected quality criteria
  • Develop and maintain tools and infrastructure to facilitate research and collaboration between team members
  • Encourage standardization of processes, frameworks, libraries, and best practices in the team

Qualifications:

  • A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent
  • Proficiency in C++ and Python
  • Familiar with deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch)
  • Previous experience or knowledge with Real-time Computer Graphics or related area
  • Previous experience in software development with a solid understanding of software engineering best practices
  • Curiosity, critical thinking and solution-oriented spirit
  • Motivation to innovate in the fast-paced video game industry
  • Good communication skills in English and Chinese

Benefits and Perks from Ubisoft Shanghai:

  • A minimum of 15 days paid annual leave
  • Monthly meal and snack allowance
  • Premium medical insurance plan and free annual health check
  • Game Package: free access to Ubisoft games on PC plus a rich and expanding library of games & books
  • Employee Assistance Program: wellbeing solutions, emotional support, and life coaching
  • Jumpstart your growth: A rich reservoir of premium and exclusive learning resources to support your continuous learning, expand your skillset, and advance your career
  • 10+ staff clubs featuring weekly sports and gaming activities and events

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • agentic programming
  • games development
  • Unity
  • Maya
  • Blender
  • 3DS Max
  • Motion Builder
  • distributed systems
  • containers
  • high-performance computing
  • CUDA programming

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