Electronic Arts

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment – connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games.

EA SPORTS NHL has revolutionized sports gaming for millions of players worldwide. We’ve pioneered award-winning creative technology and experiences to connect players to the speed, skill, and heart of the NHL. The EA SPORTS NHL franchise is founded on passion and new ideas. Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, the team is composed of diverse talent dedicated to creating on-ice experiences that connect gamers around the world through play. If you're a creative pioneer with a passion for your craft, this will be more than a job. It’ll be what you love. 

A UI Software Engineer will develop the technology, tools, and frameworks that form the user interface, and will work in a dynamic team to develop new features every year.  As a lead, you will report to a technical director, and guide other UI engineers on technical vision and execution, and support the design and building of components that bring our features to life.  Above all, we are looking for someone that is excited to use their talent and experience to deliver high-quality user interfaces in a AAA game.

This role follows a hybrid model: 2 days remote and 3 days onsite at our Burnaby studio.

Your responsibilities as an Engineer

• Design and build new features, or extend existing ones, with quality and scalability in mind.

• Partner with designers to gather requirements, evaluate options, and propose solid technical solutions.

• Implement feature logic, game flows, and UI screens, owning your work from concept through delivery.

• Collaborate daily with a large, cross-disciplinary engineering team.

Your responsibilities as a Lead

• Guide and mentor a team of internal and external UI engineers, setting clear technical direction.

• Define, enforce, and evolve UI development best practices.

• Drive the design and implementation of new UI technologies, features, and workflows.

• Plan and deliver improvements to existing systems, balancing quality, performance, and timelines.

• Monitor and uphold performance standards, including tracking and enforcing key metrics.

• Collaborate closely with engineering partners, artists, and designers across the studio.

• Partner with project managers to scope work, plan schedules, and manage delivery expectations.

• Play an active role in engineering hiring, performance reviews, and goal setting

Your Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional C++ development experience.

• 1+ year of technical leadership experience, guiding engineers or owning technical direction.

• Strong knowledge of data-driven and object-oriented design.

• Familiarity with UI design patterns such as MVVM.

• Proficiency with debugging and profiling tools.

• Experience working with version control systems in team environments.

• A track record of architecting and implementing complex systems within large codebases.

Bonuses:

• Experience with scripting languages.

• Familiarity with large-scale game engines, especially Frostbite.

• Experience with cross-platform and console development.

• Experience shipping UI systems for a AAA title.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.