Job Description
The Senior UI Programmer – Technical Lead serves as the primary technical point of contact for all user interface systems on the project.

This person serves as the bridge between engineering, UI integration, and art, ensuring that every UI element is delivered with the level of polish, performance, and accessibility expected of a AAA first-person shooter.

What You'll Do

Technical Leadership

Serve as the go-to expert for all user interface technologies in the project: the Snowdrop UI framework, game-specific UI systems, and tools

Manage the UI technical roadmap: architecture decisions, framework upgrades, and deprecations

Define and enforce UI coding standards, component templates, and integration workflows

Identify and resolve bottlenecks that hinder the work of UI integrators and technical artists

Team Supervision

Supervise a team of UI integrators and technical artists working in the UI Graph editor

Review and validate work for accuracy, performance, and adherence to design intent

Mentor team members, conduct code and asset reviews, and provide clear, actionable feedback

Collaborate with UX/UI designers to ensure that the technical implementation aligns with the design intent

Engineering

Implement and maintain UI features across gameplay, menus, HUD, and frontend

Author and extend UI scripting in the visual graph language (UI Graph); support team members using it

Design reusable, scalable UI components following componentization principles - maintainability and reuse over one-offs

Implement adaptive layouts that handle multiple target devices, screen sizes, and resolutions

Integrate accessibility requirements (text scaling, colorblind modes, controller navigation, screen reader support)

Performance & Stability





Profile UI rendering and logic; identify and resolve underperforming areas (overdraw, excessive draw calls, expensive graph evaluations)

Own and triage UI-originating crashes; lead post-mortems and drive fixes to completion

Establish and monitor UI performance budgets in collaboration with the engine team

Design Partnership

Apply and advocate for core design principles throughout technical decisions: consistency, simplicity, and clear user feedback

Challenge implementations that compromise usability, even when technically correct

Qualifications
What you'll bring to the team

Must Have

Shipped 2+ AAA titles with substantial UI programming ownership

Deep experience with a visual/node-based UI scripting system (UI Graph or equivalent)

Demonstrated ability to profile and optimize UI in a real-time engine

Experience debugging and resolving crashes in a production game

Track record supervising or mentoring UI Integrators or junior programmers

Solid grasp of UI architecture: component hierarchies, data binding, state management

Solid Assets

Familiarity with responsive/adaptive UI design for multi-platform titles

What Success Looks Like
Six months in, this person has become the go-to for any UI tech question on the project, the team is unblocked and producing quality work, and the UI systems are stable, performant, and easy to extend.

Company Description
Ubisoft is a global leader in video games, with teams spread across the globe creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin's Creed to Rainbow Six, Just Dance, and many more. We believe that diverse perspectives help both players and teams grow. If you're passionate about innovation and want to push the boundaries of entertainment, join our adventure and help us create the unknown!

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📌 Technical Lead - UI Programmer (Far Cry) (Quebec City)
🏢 Ubisoft
📍 Quebec City