Electronic Arts

At EA SPORTS, we're building the future of interactive entertainment, and the NHL team is at the heart of that mission. Our team in Vancouver, British Columbia, is a diverse group of talented developers dedicated to solving unique technical challenges to create the most authentic on-ice experience for millions of players worldwide.
 
The Senior Tech Lead – Core Technology is the strategic technical leader for the foundational engineering domains of the NHL franchise, overseeing gameplay engineering, rendering, presentation, audio, and 3D art teams. As the extension of the Franchise Technical Director, you are accountable for technical direction, long term planning, cross-team alignment, and successful delivery across your stream. Your decisions and leadership will shape the experience of millions of players every year. If you are passionate about guiding complex technical initiatives, empowering teams, and shaping the foundation of a world class sports title, this role offers scope, influence, and meaningful impact.

You will be working on a hybrid model, 3 days a week out of our EAV Studio in Burnaby, British Columbia.

What You’ll Do
Technical Leadership & Strategy

• Partner with the Franchise Technical Director to define the long-term technical roadmap for Core Technology, ensuring alignment with franchise and studio objectives.
• Drive multi-year architectural and foundational initiatives across gameplay engineering, rendering, audio, presentation, and art technologies.
• Provide clear technical decision making, evaluate tradeoffs, and ensure risks are identified early and managed effectively.

Delivery & Execution

• Own end-to-end delivery for your stream, ensuring Core Technology features and systems land predictably and with quality.
• Coordinate across engineering, design, art, and production to resolve dependencies and maintain consistent forward progress.
• Provide technical assessments for scope, risk, and feasibility throughout project and milestone planning.

Cross-Discipline Collaboration

• Build strong partnerships with both internal and external central technology groups, and with other EA SPORTS franchises.
• Ensure Core Technology solutions support requirements across content pipelines, creative workflows, and runtime performance.

Team Leadership & People Management

• Manage domain tech leads and senior engineers, setting a high bar for technical quality, ownership, and professional growth.
• Foster a culture of openness, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the engineering team.
• Define and champion engineering standards and practices that scale across disciplines and over multiple yearly releases.

Technical Excellence & Performance

• Advocate for performance conscious design, ensuring that Core Technology domains meet CPU/GPU budgets across all supported hardware.
• Guide teams on how to prioritize and address performance risks, providing leadership, not hands-on profiling.

Your Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software or game development experience, including work on large codebases or shipped console titles.
• 3+ years of technical leadership or engineering management experience, leading multi-domain engineering initiatives or managing tech leads.
• Strong proficiency in C++ and solid understanding of modern game engine architecture, with the ability to evaluate solutions, identify risks, and guide technical decision making.
• Demonstrated ability to drive technical strategy, align teams, and effectively communicate complex ideas across disciplines.
• Strong partnership skills, able to work closely with engineering, design, art, production, and external technology groups.

Preferred

• Experience leading engineering efforts in gameplay, rendering, presentation, audio, or content creation workflows.
• Experience with large scale game engines.

Why Join Us

• Shape the foundational technology powering one of EA’s most iconic sports franchises.
• Lead talented multi-disciplinary teams with real ownership and influence.
• Drive initiatives that will directly impact millions of players every year.
• Work within a collaborative and innovative studio where your leadership will meaningfully shape the future of the NHL franchise.