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Job DescriptionAs a 3D Programmer at Ubisoft Montreal, you will focus on the rendering systems for the Assassin's Creed HEXE project. You will work closely with the Anvil Pipeline Rendering Team to maintain the stability, efficiency, and adaptability of the engine across current-generation consoles and PC.
What you'll do
- Contribute to the entire rendering engine, including opaque rendering, shadows, post-processing effects, and compute-based systems.
- Support rendering development in close collaboration with the Anvil Pipeline Rendering Team.
- Diagnose project-specific issues, including GPU hangs and complex rendering bugs.
- Evaluate performance and implement optimizations throughout the rendering pipeline.
- Design and implement alternative rendering solutions tailored to consoles with more limited hardware capabilities.
- Support the Toolmode Data Generation pipeline from a rendering perspective.
What you bring to the team
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent qualification.
- Strong understanding of modern real-time rendering systems, including opaque rendering, shadows, post-processing effects, and compute-based pipelines.
- Hands-on experience shipping games on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, or Nintendo Switch 2.
- Experience troubleshooting platform-specific rendering issues, including GPU hangs.
- Proficiency with GPU profiling tools to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
- Ability to navigate large codebases and effectively contribute to less familiar systems.
- Experience with proprietary game engines such as Anvil is an asset.
- Knowledge of toolchains and data generation pipelines such as Toolmode is an asset.
- Experience collaborating with engine or pipeline teams distributed across multiple studios is an asset.
What to send our way
- Your resume highlighting your skills and experience.
- Code samples, repository links, or other relevant projects.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent qualification
- Strong understanding of modern real-time rendering systems, including opaque rendering, shadows, post-processing effects, and compute-based pipelines
- Hands-on experience shipping games on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, or Nintendo Switch 2
- Experience troubleshooting platform-specific rendering issues, including GPU hangs
- Proficiency with GPU profiling tools for identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks
- Ability to navigate large codebases and contribute effectively to unfamiliar systems
- Experience with proprietary game engines such as Anvil
- Knowledge of toolchains and data-generation pipelines such as Toolmode
- Experience collaborating with engine or pipeline teams distributed across multiple studios
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage in the U.S. includes medical, dental, and vision options with HSA funding to cover the deductible, plus access to One Medical and a mental‑health program. Several studios also provide telemedicine and, in some regions, on‑site clinic services.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes paid vacation, holidays, wellness time, volunteer PTO, and a sabbatical available after five years in the U.S. Canadian studios highlight six weeks of vacation and additional local days tied to occasions or seasonal reduced hours.
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Parental & Family Support — Enhanced parental leave with salary top‑ups is emphasized in multiple regions, including Canada. In the U.S., a travel‑expense program supports access to reproductive healthcare when services are out of state.
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