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Lokasi: Southam, Warwickshire, United Kingdom 
ID Peranan
209707
Jenis Pekerja
Regular Employee
Studio/Jabatan
Marketing
Pengaturan Kerja Fleksibel
Hybrid

Perihalan & Keperluan

Electronic Arts mencipta pengalaman hiburan tahap seterusnya yang memberi inspirasi kepada pemain dan peminat di seluruh dunia. Semua orang adalah sebahagian daripada kisah di sini. Sebahagian daripada komuniti yang terhubung merentasi dunia. Tempat di mana kreativiti berkembang maju, perspektif baharu di alu-alukan dan idea adalah penting. Satu pasukan di mana semua orang terlibat dalam permainan.

The future of entertainment is interactive, and our Ventures Group plays an important role in this future by building content, culture, and community that take us Beyond Gaming. We empower audiences to Play, Create, Watch, and Connect across our amazing franchises and experiences, including The Sims, Madden NFL, EA SPORTS FC, Apex Legends, and Battlefield. We’re a multi-functional group, with world-class expertise in building fandom, driving interactive storytelling, and positioning our franchises at the centre of the broader entertainment ecosystem.

We are seeking a Director of Backend Engineering to lead and scale our backend systems powering next-generation social and gaming experiences. You will bring deep expertise in high-performance, cloud-native services and lead a talented engineering team in delivering resilient, scalable platforms that support rapid innovation and global reach.

This is a hybrid based role, working 3 days in our Southam office.  

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive the technical direction and architecture of backend systems supporting live services and social experiences.

  • Lead and mentor a high-performing team of backend engineers, promoting technical excellence and growth.

  • Drive engineering execution and prioritise scalable, secure, and performant system design.

  • Collaborate closely with product, design, and frontend teams to deliver end-to-end features.

  • Make architectural decisions across technologies including C#, Kubernetes, AWS, SQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.

  • Support our DevOps team with defining best practices and the overseeing of CI/CD pipelines as well as observability tools for backend operations.

  • Foster a strong culture of agile development, code quality, and continuous improvement.

How Your Success Will Be Measured:

  • System performance, uptime, and scalability across live production environments.

  • Velocity and quality of backend feature delivery in alignment with product roadmaps.

  • Engineering team health, retention, and technical development.

  • Ability to support rapid iteration without compromising backend reliability or security.

What You Bring:

  • 10+ years of experience in backend systems development, ideally with large-scale, cloud-based platforms.

  • 5+ years in technical leadership roles, including managing backend-focused engineering teams.

  • Deep knowledge of C#/.NET, Kubernetes orchestration, and AWS services.

  • Strong experience with data storage technologies including relational (SQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases.

  • Experience with C++ is considered beneficial.

  • Proven ability to balance fast feature delivery with building for long-term scalability and maintainability.

  • Skilled in CI/CD, automated testing, service monitoring, and incident response.

  • Familiarity with modern dev practices including trunk-based development and microservices architecture.

  • Experience with Microsoft's Orleans framework is a bonus.

Soft Skills & Values:

  • Collaborative leader with a passion for building innovative, high-impact products.

  • Excellent communicator able to translate complex technical concepts into clear direction.

  • Committed to building inclusive, high-performance teams that thrive on trust and autonomy.




Tentang Electronic Arts
Kami berbangga mempunyai portfolio permainan dan pengalaman yang luas, lokasi di seluruh dunia dan peluang merentasi EA. Kami menghargai kebolehsuaian, ketahanan, kreativiti dan sifat ingin tahu. Daripada kepimpinan yang menyerlahkan potensi anda, kepada mewujudkan ruang untuk pembelajaran dan membuat uji kaji, kami memperkasakan anda untuk melakukan kerja-kerja yang hebat dan mengejar peluang untuk pertumbuhan.

Kami mengambil pendekatan yang holistik dengan program manfaat kami, memberi tumpuan kepada fizikal, emosi, kewangan, kerjaya, dan kesejahteraan komuniti untuk menyokong kehidupan yang seimbang. Pakej kami disesuaikan untuk memenuhi keperluan setempat dan mungkin merangkumi perlindungan penjagaan kesihatan, sokongan kesejahteraan mental, simpanan persaraan, cuti bergaji, cuti keluarga, permainan percuma dan banyak lagi. Kami memupuk persekitaran di mana pasukan kami sentiasa boleh membawa pengalaman terbaik mereka.

Electronic Arts adalah majikan peluang yang sama rata. Semua keputusan pekerjaan dibuat tanpa mengambil kira kaum, warna kulit, asal negara, keturunan, jantina, identiti atau penzahiran jantina, orientasi seksual, umur, maklumat genetik, agama, kecacatan, keadaan perubatan, kehamilan, status perkahwinan, status keluarga, status veteran, atau mana-mana ciri lain yang dilindungi oleh undang-undang. Kami juga akan mempertimbangkan pemohon pekerjaan berkelayakan yang mempunyai rekod jenayah selaras dengan undang-undang yang berkenaan. EA juga menyediakan tempat tinggal di tempat kerja untuk individu yang berkelayakan dengan kecacatan seperti yang dikehendaki oleh undang-undang yang berkenaan.