# UI Programmer

**Company**: Ubisoft
**Location**: Saguenay, QC
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Game Development
**Industry**: Technology

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## 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.

As a user interface programmer at Ubisoft Saguenay, you will develop the modules behind menus, the heads-up display (HUD), and mini-games. You’ll collaborate with design, programming, and art teams to create consistent, accessible interfaces suited to each platform.

Responsibilities:

- Review game design documents to understand the intended player experience and contribute feedback to improve game design and user experience;

- Define user interface (UI) features with the graphic designer, then build platform-specific menus and systems that meet the team’s visual and functional requirements;

- Understand the UI structure to support the presentation team and provide tools for interface systems and internal debug drawing;

- Create interaction prototypes, make quick updates based on feedback, and collaborate across design, programming, art, and other departments by sharing technical, creative, and planning input;

- Integrate designs and animations with the graphic designer, provide animation hooks, and support sound integration;

- Oversee and maintain UI modules and systems, assess performance and memory constraints, and optimize code across platforms;

- Develop application programming interfaces (APIs) for automated UI tests to check the game’s ongoing health;

- Apply usability, user experience, accessibility, and localization concepts to interfaces;

- Keep your knowledge and skills current by following industry developments;

- Carry out other related tasks.

Qualifications:

- Experience with C++ programming in video games, embedded systems, or a related field, with game industry experience preferred;

- Knowledge of object-oriented programming, design patterns, and coding standards;

- Foundational knowledge of three-dimensional (3D) graphics programming, including shaders, real-time rendering, and rendering pipelines;

- Knowledge of source control and multimedia integration;

- Knowledge of current graphic design and UI design trends, with familiarity with user experience concepts as an asset;

- Knowledge of Adobe Flash, ActionScript 2.0 or later, or other languages such as XML, C#, JavaScript, and HLSL as an asset;

- Problem-solving skills, attention to detail and outcomes, and the ability to organize, define, and estimate tasks;

- Written and verbal communication skills, initiative, a self-directed and ethical approach to work, adaptability, and motivation to work on complex projects.

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## Skills

### Required
- C++
- object-oriented programming
- design patterns
- coding standards
- 3D graphics programming
- shaders
- real-time rendering
- rendering pipelines
- source control
- multimedia integration
- problem-solving skills
- communication skills

### Nice to have
- Adobe Flash
- ActionScript 2.0
- XML
- C#
- JavaScript
- HLSL
- graphic design
- UI design
- user experience concepts

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