Job Description

At our core, Electronic Arts is a game maker that connects hundreds of millions of players from around the globe to some of the world\'s greatest games. The EAX team is driving the strategy and implementation of essential projects for EA\'s community of players to connect them to the games they love to play. These projects span the digital touchpoints where players use the EA Network, including EA\'s gaming service on PC through the new EA Desktop application; the EA Play subscription program on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam; EA.com\'s corporate, marketing and player engagement activations, and a host of other consumer experiences and strategies to connect players across platforms and within our games.As a Data Engineer, you will be instrumental in moulding EAX\'s data solutions, including structure, validation, documentation, storage, and retrieval. Partnering with product owners, designers, DDs, QV, and other engineers, you will design unified data models that support the current needs of our games and are extendable to future needs. In this role, you will strongly impact EAX\'s core business, influencing how data is structured, stored, retrieved and applied. As part of the broader software engineering discipline, you report to a Lead Software Engineer on the EAX team.Joining EAX means you will shape EA\'s online presence; evolve subscription services that span three significant platforms; build consumer experiences that power EA\'s games and promote more personalized, socially connected experiences; and expand our platforms across web, PC, mobile, the cloud and beyond so our players can get into the games they want to play and stay connected while playing. We like to say that "we see farther," and are committed to driving innovation to meet player needs today and in the future.You\'re someone with a proven track record who:

• Can quickly learn business domain knowledge
• Delivers quality commercial data solutions with a focus on data design
• Understand scheme design, focusing on validation and data consistency
• Has experience with modern programming languages as well as Git, Jenkins, Jira, and Confluence
• Experience managing and utilizing structured and unstructured databases
• Seeks clarity and confronts challenges

You also bring the following skills or experiences to our team:

• Experience with commercial data systems
• Familiar with cloud storage/distribution models
• An interest in gaming or digital platforms and digital distribution strategies is a bonus
• Passion for self-improvement and mentoring

In a typical week, the Software Engineer may...

• Work closely with Engineering and Publishing teams to understand workflows
• Review and provide feedback on data modelling problems
• Normalize and evolve our current data models
• Participate in risk assessments and mitigation
• Develop validation solutions to ensure consistent data throughout the system.

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• Other members of the EAX organization to provide engineering support and feedback
• Game development teams for support, feature requests and distribution platform feature integration

"BC COMPENSATION AND BENEFITSThe base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these locations. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location.EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.BASE SALARY RANGES

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria):

\xc2\xba $115,100 - $161,200 CAN AnnuallyBase salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity. "

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