Electronic Arts

EA SPORTS™ FC Mobile is the world’s most played football game on mobile, connecting millions of players across the globe. The Kuala Lumpur EA FC Mobile Team is part of our global development organization and is now expanding to take on new challenges and opportunities. We value creativity, collaboration, and technical excellence — believing that great games are built by empowered teams who innovate, share ideas, and learn from one another.

Tech Stack: Java, Redis, SQL

Role Overview

As a Technical Lead - Backend Engineer III on the FC Mobile team, you’ll help shape the foundation that powers the world’s most popular mobile football experience. You’ll design and build large-scale, high-performance backend systems that enable real-time gameplay and live features for millions of players. You’ll work closely with designers, engineers, testers, and product owners to deliver reliable and scalable features. You will play a crucial role in providing technical leadership, overseeing project execution, mentoring team members to ensure best practices are followed. This role reports to the Technical Director.

Responsibilities

• Technical operations
  • Design, develop, and maintain complex backend systems ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability
  • Provide technical guidance, expertise, and code reviews to team members, ensuring software quality and adherence to best practices
  • Identify technical risks and implement mitigation strategies to monitor and safeguard server technical KPIs to ensure minimal downtime and stable live operations
  • Ensure code quality, maintainability, and documentation by setting and enforcing coding standards
  • Work with modern backend stacks including Java, Kubernetes, microservices, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Project management
  • Work together with project managers to provide estimations and manage priorities and resources to ensure on-time delivery
  • Understand delivery needs from product owners to ensure smooth communication between different job functions
  • Communicate efficiently with stakeholders about technical design/issues.
• People management
  • Lead and inspire a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and high performing work environment
  • Mentor and train team members, promoting skill development and career growth

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience with large-scale backend systems, with a strong track record of successful software development projects
• Leadership and project management experience, with the ability to guide and motivate a team
• Solid foundation of computer science fundamentals (e.g., data structures, algorithms, network, and operating systems).
• Extensive experience in online service operations, including performance testing, online data monitoring, and issue resolving.
• Excellent debugging, communication, and collaboration skills
• Familiarity with software development best practices, including Agile methodologies