Software Engineer

Description & Requirements
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

Software Engineer I - Online Backend for Gameplay Services

We Are EA

And we make games - How cool is that? In fact, we entertain millions of people across the globe with the most amazing and immersive interactive software in the industry. But making games is challenging. That's why we employ the most creative and passionate people in the industry.

The Challenge Ahead
Our platform powers online features for EA's games, serving millions of users each day. We live, breathe, and dream about how we can make every player's multiplayer experience memorable. We develop services and SDKs in collaboration with EA's game studios for matchmaking, stats and leaderboards, achievements, game replays, VOIP, and game networking.

Our primary mission is to enrich the player's gaming experience by meticulously optimizing the matchmaking process. We believe that effective matchmaking is the cornerstone of any successful multiplayer gaming experience, and we are committed to perfecting this aspect of our service. We continuously reflect and probe various elements to ensure the player's gaming encounters are both fun and challenging

What does an Online Backend Engineer do?

As an Online Backend Software Engineer in Gameplay Services, your focus will be on designing and implementing scalable, distributed backend systems that power our matchmaking, integrated in EA's biggest titles and enjoyed by millions of players worldwide. You will collaborate closely with your team and partner studios to maintain, enhance, and extend our core services.

You'll contribute throughout the product development lifecycle: gathering requirements, designing solutions, coding, testing, and deploying features to production. Your work will ensure high performance, stability, and a seamless experience for our players, and you'll continuously seek creative ways to improve both new and existing systems.

Responsibilities

• Design brand new services covering all aspects from storage to application logic to management console
• Enhance and add features to existing systems
• Communicate with engineers from across the company to deliver the next generation of online features for both established and not-yet-released games
• Aim to optimize performance and scalability of server systems
• Be a part of the full product cycle for our products, from design and testing to deployment and supporting our LIVE environments and our game team customers
• Maintain a suite of automated tests that validate the correctness of backend services
• Advocate for best practices within the engineering team
• Work with product managers to improve new features to support EA's business

Qualifications

• Bachelor/Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field
• Experience in software development with Go, C#, or C++
• Solid computer science background including algorithm and data structure usage
• Experience with cloud computing products such as AWS EC2
• Experience with technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform
• Experience with relational or NoSQL database
• Adept at solving complex technical problems
• Strong sense of collaboration
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with Jenkins and Groovy
• Experience with Ansible
• Knowledge of Google gRPC and protobuf
• Experience with high traffic services and highly scalable, distributed systems
• Knowledge of scalable data storage and processing technologies such as Cassandra, Apache Spark, and AWS S3
• Experience with stress testing plus performance tuning and optimization
• Experience working within the games industries

About Electronic Arts
We're proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.