Electronic Arts

As a Software Engineer - 3, you will work as a Java Architect, who can define and lead the technical vision for building exceptional player experiences. You'll be the technical authority responsible for designing enterprise-grade architectures, establishing engineering standards, and guiding multiple teams to create scalable, resilient solutions.

What you'll do:

• Define and oversee the end-to-end technical architecture for complex, distributed systems serving millions of users

• Design scalable, fault-tolerant, and high-availability architectures that support business growth

• Establish and promote architectural patterns, design principles, and best practices across engineering teams

• Lead architectural decision-making, create Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), and maintain technical documentation

• Recommend technology choices, frameworks, and tools aligned with our goals

• Design integration strategies across microservices, third-party systems, and legacy platforms

• Promote API-first design principles and establish API governance standards

• Collaborate with engineering leadership to define the technical roadmap and long-term technology vision

• Find and address technical risks, performance bottlenecks, and architectural debt

• Lead proof-of-concepts (POCs) and technology evaluations for latest technologies

• Define non-functional requirements (NFRs) including scalability, security, performance, and reliability

• Champion cloud-native architecture and lead cloud adoption strategies on AWS

• Provide hands-on guidance on complex implementations using Java, Spring Boot, and Microservices architecture

• Design cloud-native solutions using AWS services (Lambda, S3, EC2, Step Functions, API Gateway, ECS/EKS)

• Architect frontend solutions using Next.js/React/Angular with backend integration.

• Establish CI/CD pipelines, containerization strategies, and DevOps best practices

• Define data architecture including database selection, caching strategies, and data flow patterns

• Mentor Lead Developers, Senior Engineers, and development teams on architectural best practices

• Conduct architecture reviews, design sessions, and technical deep dives with teams

• Partner with Product, Engineering Managers, and Partners to align technical solutions with our goals

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer science engineering or equivalent with overall 10+ years of experience as a Lead Full stack Java engineer.

• Minimum 10+ years of Solid hands-on experience in Core Java, Spring, Spring boot, Microservices

• 3+ years in a Technical Architect, Solutions Architect, or Principal Engineer role

• Excellent knowledge of Design patterns and scalable architectures

• Understand requirements and create APIs from scratch using Spring Boot

• Experience using cloud services in AWS like Lambda, S3, EC2, Step Functions or similar Cloud products

• Good experience with SQL and NoSQL Databases and its query languages.

• Good experience writing unit tests using Junit to ensure production ready code with minimalistic bugs.

• Understanding of Containerization concepts with platforms like Docker and Kubernetes.

• Experience mentoring developers and leading technical programmers

• Experience communicating updates and resolutions to customers and other partners

• Experience with Agile methodologies to iterate quickly on product changes

What you will need to be successful:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.

• Over 10 years of hands-on Java development experience, including expertise in Spring Boot, AWS, Microservices.

• Learn from other experienced developers and architects.

• Have a good eye for clean design and best coding practices.