Job Description

Requisition Number: 176199

Position Title: Sr Software Engineer I

External Description:

We enable EA teams to build better games faster by building a framework around metagame systems that allows for high reusability, rapid development, and scalability. We enable best-in-class data solutions to give groups at all levels visibility and insight into games' performance and opportunities.

To build this framework, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join an experienced team of developers. If you have experience with building services through modern techniques connecting multiple services together we want to hear from you. You will work with multiple developers to bring the next game services to life.

You should be comfortable around both front-end and back-end coding languages, development frameworks and third-party libraries.

Responsibilities

• Work in partnership with game teams to design shared services
• Develop, launch and maintain high-traffic services for multi-platform AAA titles
• Provide support to members of the team and customers as a subject matter expert
• Lead and participate in architecture and design discussions
• Lead engineering pods to own and implement product features
• Provide mentoring to team members
• Perform service load testing to identify and resolve bottlenecks
• Establish best practices and enforce them through code reviews
• Shape the direction of the product by researching and integrating new technologies
• Be accountable for the overall health, quality, maintainability and style of the server codebase
• Write technical documentation

Qualifications

• A minimum of 6+ years of technology industry experience
• BS in Computer Science or other relevant experience
• Extensive experience with client/server architecture
• Knowledge of HTTP and how to design and interact with RESTful web services
• Expert ability to analyze and interpret technical data
• Expert understanding of throughput, latency, memory and CPU utilization
• Significant development experience with modern programming languages (eg, Go, Typescript)
• Experience with C#, C++ or Java development a plus
• Experience with source code management (Perforce, Git)
• Effective with public Cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Understanding containers, orchestrators and service mesh technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Envoy, Istio, Linkerd, Jaeger)
• Understanding of various database and their performance characteristics (SQL and NoSQL)
• Familiarity with web servers (e.g. Apache) and UI/UX design
• Experience working with CI/CD technologies
• Passion to investigate and adopt new technologies and practices
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Bonus Skills

• Experience with frameworks like React or Angular
• Experience shipping AAA games
• Experience working with PlayStation and Xbox online systems
• Experience with and/or exposure to micro-services
• Experience with cloud native application development
• Knowledge of gRPC, Protocol buffers and FlatBuffers

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Community / Marketing Title: Senior Software Engineer

Company Profile:

Electronic Arts is the leading interactive entertainment company, powered by innovative technology. We create incredible experiences for millions of players around the world. But what matters most is our people who inspire us, and the world, to play. As we bring new forms of entertainment to people around the world, we need creative, collaborative, diverse and adaptable people to keep making Electronic Arts better.

EEOText: About EA We exist to inspire the world to play. Through innovative technology and immersive storytelling, we deliver new ways of experiencing worlds of interactive entertainment for our millions of players worldwide. Our strength lies in the diversity of our people, combining creativity, innovation and passion. We fully champion inclusive culture, and provide opportunities for growing, learning, and leading that allows for the most impactful and rewarding work of our teams' careers. We put our people first, and we make sure they're taken care of both in and out of the office. As we reflect on our learnings and successes from remote work, we aim to provide dynamic, collaborative and flexible work environments for our teams. Our employees connect through our Employee Resource Groups, which are actively involved in driving business decisions every step of the way. But our support doesn't end at the workplace--we also encourage a balanced lifestyle with paid time off and new parent leave, free video games, fitness reimbursement and more. Our goal is to provide a safe, respectful and inspiring workplace for all of our employees. Through our diversity, equity, inclusion and social responsibility programs, we're doing the work to give everyone the space to be their full selves while giving back to our community. We're looking for problem-solvers, game-changers, innovators, dreamers, doers--people that are ready to move the needle and build on our success. As our industry accelerates, we aren't just keeping up--we're staying ahead of the game. Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Electronic Arts also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Date Opened: 2022-10-13 00:12:23.87

EEO Employer Verbiage:

About EA

We exist to inspire the world to play. Through innovative technology and immersive storytelling, we deliver new ways of experiencing worlds of interactive entertainment for our millions of players worldwide. Our strength lies in the diversity of our people, combining creativity, innovation and passion. We fully champion inclusive culture, and provide opportunities for growing, learning, and leading that allows for the most impactful and rewarding work of our teams' careers.

We put our people first, and we make sure they're taken care of both in and out of the office. As we reflect on our learnings and successes from remote work, we aim to provide dynamic, collaborative and flexible work environments for our teams. Our employees connect through our Employee Resource Groups, which are actively involved in driving business decisions every step of the way. But our support doesn't end at the workplace--we also encourage a balanced lifestyle with paid time off and new parent leave, free video games, fitness reimbursement and more.

Our goal is to provide a safe, respectful and inspiring workplace for all of our employees. Through our diversity, equity, inclusion and social responsibility programs, we're doing the work to give everyone the space to be their full selves while giving back to our community. We're looking for problem-solvers, game-changers, innovators, dreamers, doers--people that are ready to move the needle and build on our success. As our industry accelerates, we aren't just keeping up--we're staying ahead of the game.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Electronic Arts also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.