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General Information

Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 
  • Location: Vancouver
  • Country: Canada


Role ID
200079
Worker Type
Regular Employee
Studio/Department
EA Studios - SPORTS
Flexible Work Arrangement
Hybrid

Description & Requirements

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

Our EA Sports Quality Verification Engineering (QVE) department collaborates with EA's QA and Development teams to create tools, automation solutions, scripts, and technical strategies. Our goal is to improve game infrastructure and increasing efficiencies in the game delivery process.

As a Software Engineer on our team, you will play an important part in ensuring a seamless consumer experience by focusing on upstream quality and targeting defect prevention and containment. Reporting to a Development Director, you will help analyze testing strategies, identify new testing technologies, and develop new tools for testing and tracking purposes. This role is open for hybrid work at our Vancouver office.

Responsibilities

  • You will work with Dev and QA partners to identify areas of improvement through new tools and automation strategies.

  • You will design, develop, and deploy internal software tools.

  • You will support an increased adoption of automation and tools within game teams.

  • Identify and recommend debug and telemetry enhancements to aid testing.

  • Provide debug support and technical expertise to other engineers on our teams.

  • Contribute to the test and technology strategies of the QA group.

  • Escalate risks and recommend upstream tools, automation, and processes.

  • Analyze metrics, trends and processes to provide meaningful information with sound reasoning.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of professional experience with a focus on concepts and language varieties. Experience with C#, Java, and/or other comparative programming languages.

  • Knowledge of C++, and scripting experience with Machine Learning, Python, JavaScript and Angular.

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or equivalent

  • Experience with software development life cycle, software engineering methodologies and practices, and their application to both development and QA.

  • Experience with software quality assurance concepts, debugging processes.

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). BASE SALARY RANGES

  • British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria)
    • $96,400 - $133,900 CAD

In 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.