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General Information

Locations: Kirkland, Washington, United States of America 
  • Location: Vancouver
  • Country: Canada


Role ID
212279
Worker Type
Regular Employee
Studio/Department
Other
Work Model
Hybrid

Description & Requirements

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.

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 Full Stack 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 and game teams to bring complex backend solutions to life.

You are comfortable around both front-end and back-end coding languages, development frameworks and third-party libraries.  The Full Stack Software Engineer will report to the Director of Software Engineering

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

  • Analyze and interpret technical data

  • Write technical documentation

Qualifications:

  • A Degree in Computer Science or at least 10 years of technology industry experience

  • Extensive experience with client/server architecture

  • Experience with micro-service development

  • Expert understanding of throughput, latency, memory and CPU utilization

  • Expert development experience with modern programming languages (eg, Go, Typescript)

  • Experience with gRPC, Protocol buffers or FlatBuffers

  • Experience with C#, C++ or Java development

  • 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

Bonus Skills

  • Experience with frameworks like React or Angular

  • Experience shipping AAA games

  • Experience working with PlayStation and Xbox online systems

  • Experience with cloud native application development


Pay Transparency - North America

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs). 

PAY RANGES
* British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$165,900 - $238,100 CAD
* Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane) *$178,200 - $239,200 USD

In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.


Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.
In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.  
For British Columbia, we 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.


About Electronic Arts
We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

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. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.
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