Software Engineer - Frostbite (Foundations)

Requisition Number: 150809

Position Title: Software Engineer III

External Description:

What does the Frostbite team do?

We develop the Frostbite engine, EA’s state of the art multi-platform game development engine. Frostbite has powered games such as Battlefield, Need For Speed, Dragon Age: Inquisition, PGA Tour and Star Wars Battlefront.  Frostbite leverages its proprietary technical advantages to empower game creators to shape games and push the boundaries of what they can achieve. Creating and applying leading-edge technology in the gaming industry is not easy but it is increasingly the difference-maker between an evolutionary game and a revolutionary one. Here at Frostbite, we are setting the bar high and have a team of great engineers who are dedicated, capable and willing to reach it to ship the next awesome game. We are located across North America (Vancouver, Edmonton, Orlando, Montreal) and Europe (Guildford, Stockholm). 

Why join the Frostbite Foundation Team?

As a member of the Foundation team you will be working on core technologies that are the fundamental building blocks of the Frostbite engine. The Foundation team works on leading-edge low-level technologies that span a huge number of domains. Team members may find themselves:

• Writing lock free multithreaded code
• Optimizing everything from load times to memory management
• Managing standard libraries like EASTL
• Working with the latest new hardware and SDKs
• Creating technologies for diverse areas like game patching, streaming assets, rendering fonts or profiling tools
• Building cross platform libraries
• Addressing complex problems that affect all areas of the Frostbite engine such as a standardized math library

There are many opportunities available for learning and gaining unique expertise. 

Why join the Frostbite team?

• Tackle strategic technology problems with an impact across all of EA.
• Work on leading edge technology and create high quality solutions.
• Work closely with multiple game teams across multiple genres.
• Work with industry leaders and other top-tier people.
• Good work life balance.

Key Responsibilities

• Own large complex systems level feature sets and solve problems across the domain.
• Leverage leading edge innovative and pioneering work of others in advancing EA technologies.
• Design, implement, test, debug and maintain code to coding standards.
• Support others using Frostbite Foundation’s technologies.
• Propose enhancements to our technology suite to assist game teams.
• Champion and improve testing strategies and test automation.
• Profile and optimize software components of a technology or game.
• Test, debug, and extend other Software Engineers’ code.
• Mentor other team members.
• Help set the technical direction of the team and facilitate productivity improvements to our engineering workflows.

Required Technical Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Math or related field.
• High level of proficiency with C++.
• Experience in efficient use of standard C++ library, concurrency, object oriented design and implementation.
• Strong math skills including trigonometry, calculus and linear algebra (vectors/matrices)
• Ability to test, debug, and extend other Software Engineers’ code competently.
• Demonstrated knowledge of good software engineering practices.
• Prior development experience on console.
• Expertise in profiling and optimization.
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g. Python, Lua, JavaScript, etc.).
• Experience with standard tools such as Perforce and Visual Studio.
• Low level knowledge (e.g. assembly language, OS primitives, bin utils, etc).
• Understanding of memory management, multiple processor use, and runtime optimization.
• Experience mentoring teams.
• 7-10+ years of professional development experience.

 Bonus Skills:

• Master’s Degree or PhD in Computer Science, Math or related field.
• Expertise and experience in a domain such as animation, audio, movie or systems.
• Experience with build systems (nant, make, etc). 

Performance Competencies (Non Technical Skills) 

• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative team environment.
• Follow Agile methodologies
• Constantly innovate to improve product quality as well as group productivity.
• Ability to quickly learn and apply new concepts, principles and solutions.
• Demonstrates dependability and commitment to projects/tasks.
• Good business sense – ability to manage non-technical hurdles to getting things done.
• Culture of continuous learning, plus the ability and hunger to take on new challenges.

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

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.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

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.