Electronic Arts - Software Engineer

Closed 2024-09-24, re-opened 2024-109-02

• 2+ years of experience in a technical role focused on development and operation of complex live services.
• Strong Javascript and Typescript experience.
• Familiarity with backend web technologies.
• Familiarity with databases.
• Experience with GraphQL, NodeJS, and Kubernetes is a plus.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with HTTP, HTTP caching and web servers, docker/kubernetes, Linux and AWS.
• Familiarity with Event Driven Systems.
• Familiarity with React, or other front end libraries such as Angular.
• Familiarity with using Java for backend server side development and working with a content management system such as Contentful.
• Supported and developed for a live service product.

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

Software Engineer

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 guiding the strategy and implementation of important initiatives for EA's players to connect them to one another and to the games they love to play. These initiatives include: the EA app, EA Play, our cross-platform subscription, EA's gaming service on PC; and a host of other consumer experiences and ecommerce solutions related to connecting players across platforms and within our games.

In your role as a Software Engineer, you will work with a team to build APIs and web applications to support teams within EAX. You will collaborate across departments ( Design, Engineering, QA, Project Management ) and other internal customers to align and implement. You will also be a regular consumer of data to analyze performance of our live service products and collaborate with our senior engineers to identify live service opportunities to create richer player experiences. You will report to the Engineering Manager as a core contributor to the EAX team based in EA Vancouver.

Responsibilities:

• Build testable modular components/features and debug live issues.
• Collaborate with other developers to promote the culture of performance, maintainability, quality and automation in the team.
• Collaborate across departments ( Design, Engineering, QA, Project Management ) and other internal customers to align and implement.
• Learn new technologies and apply new techniques to improve existing solutions.