Vaibhav Rakheja

Ai Programmer @Ubisoft

Montreal, QC, CA

Coordinated cross-functional teams across disciplines including 3Cs, Living World, and AI under Agile methodologies, ensuring sprint goals aligned with production and creative direction.• Managed Git versioning, Perforce branch stability, CI/CD pipelines, and build delivery cycles. Oversaw change and release management in coordination with producers and directors.• Onboarded new team members, led and mentored junior developers on best practices in system architecture, ECS usage, AI debugging, and C++/C# workflows.• Acted as a communication bridge between gameplay programmers, designers, and technical directors, translating vision into practical, scalable systems.• Delivered scalable AI features such as the AI Budget Director, EQS-based Tactical Scoring, and ML behavior mimicry for player-like AI.• Integrated behavior trees and smart memory systems with dynamic scoring for adaptive NPC performance on both console and VR targets.• Designed and implemented ECS-based Smart Object Systems, player ability progression trees, and upgradeable skill point systems in Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR.• Worked on highly optimized runtime features for mobile-VR using behavior tree/FSM hybrids within strict performance budgets, utilizing advanced profiling and optimization techniques.• Extensive development experience using C++ for gameplay systems and C#/.NET for tooling, backend, and cross-platform infrastructure across both games and fintech domains.

St. John's High School, Chandigarh

High

University of Alberta

Master of Science - MS, Computer Science and Multimedia

Chitkara University

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science