Programming Team Lead – Core Technologies
Department and team: Publishing / Programming
Status: Permanent Full-Time
Location: Montreal, QC
About Behaviour Interactive:
Behaviour Interactive is the largest Canadian gaming studio, with more than 1,300 employees worldwide. Behaviour is best known for its flagship franchise, the multiplayer survival horror game Dead by Daylight , which has entertained more than 60 million players across multiple platforms. The studio is currently expanding its portfolio of original IP with multiple projects. Behaviour has also established itself as one of the world’s leading providers of external development services.
The role:
Are you ready to dive into the world of cutting-edge video game development? We’re a dynamic, independent studio of over 1200 passionate employees. Our day to day revolves around two core business focuses: Services and Original Games. Our Services team collaborates with gaming and entertainment giants, delivering exceptional work-for-hire development and pioneering immersive location-based entertainment (LBE). Meanwhile, our Original Games unit pushes our creative limits, with our signature IPs, including Dead by Daylight . Join us and be a part of the future of interactive entertainment!
We are seeking a lead programmer to oversee a team of 8-9 direct reports in the Core Technologies (Core Tech) group. Core Tech develops a range of backend and frontend services that enhance Behaviour games. The team consists of members with cross-functional skills such as frontend programmers, backend programmers, QA programmers, and DevOps specialists, all working together to deliver the mandate of the team.
In this role you will:
- Ensure that the team delivers the required features on time, and with top quality. You will schedule tasks and assign them, as well as organize how they get done and follow-up on their progress.
- Do a lot of feature scoping and estimations, with the help of programmers and other colleagues.
- Communicate regularly with your team members, providing feedback and evaluating their performance.
- Engage with producers, product managers, and other stakeholders, keeping them informed of the status, progress, scope, and risks related to backend features.
- Perform technical tasks, supporting and challenging the technical director and team members in design and implementation decision making.
What we're looking for:
- Prior people management experience having led at least one programming team.
- Experience as a lead programmer of web services is a big plus.
- Prior experience as a programmer of web services is a must. A strong understanding of cloud computing services (AWS, GCP) is also required.
- Great communication skills.
- Solution-oriented with a collaborative spirit.