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General Information

Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 
Role ID
208586
Worker Type
Regular Employee
Studio/Department
EA Studios - CAP Central
Flexible Work Arrangement
Off Site

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 Fullstack Software Engineer 3 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. 
 
 We strive to stay relevant and innovate in our development approaches as well as with our services. Many of our software engineers are “polyglots” and thrive in multiple environments.

As a Fullstack Software Engineer you will

  • Develop responsive, resilient, massively scalable, and globally available services that support millions of players
  • Creatively blend security best practices and original techniques to keep user data secure and prevent cheating
  • Embrace and commit to culturalizing vision and plans for SRE principles and Best Practices.
  • Apply and improve service deployment and troubleshooting strategies that maximize uptime
  • Drive design and implementation of APIs and protocols that are consistent, formalized, and testable
  • Demonstrate excellent technical problem-solving skills under iteratively changing requirements during development
  • Author and review technical design documents and API specifications detailing software requirements
  • Maintain a suite of automated tests that validate the correctness of backend services
  • Collaborate and review code written by peers and game teams
  • Provide technical support to game team developers/partners using our services

 

Qualifications
 
Please note that you do not need to qualify for all requirements to be considered. We encourage you to apply if you can meet most of the requirements and are comfortable opening a dialog to be considered

  • Bachelor/Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.
  • 5+ years of job experience in a hands on coding role
  • You've shipped and supported scalable web services hosted in the cloud
  • You have extensive experience with client/server architecture
  • You have experience with various programming languages and frameworks (Typescript, Javascript, C#, C++)
  • You have experience working with modern Front End frameworks (React, Angular)
  • You have knowledge of HTTP and how to design and interact with RESTful web services
  • You have deployed services using Kubernetes and containerization
  • You have knowledge of platforms, architectures and the CNCF landscape with a deep understanding of Kubernetes, Kubernetes API and CRDs.
  • You have experience with public cloud providers (GCP, AWS, Azure)
  • You develop high-quality, testable software
  • You develop APIs for products that release new updates with zero downtime strategies and tools
  • You have experience with load testing, troubleshooting, and optimizing performance of web services
  • You work on software that requires developing and optimizing queries and database access patterns
  • You have excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • You're a motivated self-starter; able to operate with autonomy
  • You have a desire to teach and learn from your peers

Pluses

  • You have worked in the games industry before
  • You have experience with Java/Kotlin
  • You have contributed to CNCF projects or built open source tooling
  • You have shipped web services that scale to millions of daily users
  • You have experience working in large data-driven services

Ceci ne s’applique pas au Québec. 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)
    • $115,100 - $161,200 CAD
  • California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. Sacramento)
    • $140,700 - $204,700 USD
  • Colorado (depending on location e.g. Denver vs. Colorado Springs)
    • $131,000 - $174,800 USD
  • Illinois (depending on location e.g. Chicago vs Illinois City)
    • $125,300 - $162,700 USD
  • Minnesota (depending on location e.g. Minneapolis vs Saint Paul)
    • $125,300 - $162,700 USD
  • Jersey City, NJ
    • $164,800 - $204,700 USD
  • New York (depending on location e.g. Manhattan vs. Buffalo)
    • $125,300 - $204,700 USD
  • Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane)
    • $125,300 - $198,100 USD

Base salary 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 take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much 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.