Manager, Software Engineering

Requisition Number: 158885

Position Title: Manager Engineering

External Description:

Manager, Game Development Applications 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 fun. That’s why we employ the most creative, passionate people in the industry.

The Challenge Ahead

This is an important technical leadership role in the Game Development Application Services team and offers a recognized expert the opportunity to envision and design a variety of enterprise-level solutions to support Application Life-cycle Management for EA’s video games and central services teams. Your work will involve the creation of the solution architectures to incorporate custom, COTS and packaged applications together with integrations with products such as Slack, JIRA, Perforce, and GitLab. These solutions are built upon a cloud-first philosophy and use public cloud services from leading providers such as Azure, AWS and Google. Coupled with the power of the cloud, you will have people management responsibilities over small Agile teams to architect engineer applications to support thousands of current users.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team to create the solution and software architecture for high-volume, high transaction applications specifically targeted to support the game development teams across the entire global enterprise
• As a people manager, leads a team with a culture of trust and collaboration
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of game development team goals that guide technology requirements and design deliverables.
• Have and develop knowledge of trends, relevant software development technologies, design patterns and methodologies
• Collaborate with other engineers and architects to create guidelines, methodologies, and documentation
• Be a hands-on person leading the team from the front and a coach for software engineers in accomplishing architecture, design and implementation goals
• Provide architectural guidance to quality assurance on all new code from launch through integration, staging and production environments
• Participate in code reviews provide feedback on design and implementation to help others improve coding skills
• Document the requirements and the architecture and design proposed to provide the software solution
• Take part in any negotiations or discussions regarding the necessary requirements, and provide feedback to all parties involved
• Report progress and status through regular email or face-to-face communication with appropriate leads/managers

Job qualifications and requirements

• 8+ years of experience building enterprise level software solutions
• 5+ years of broad experience working with development technologies including Microsoft .NET (C#), ASP.NET/MVC, WCF/Web API/REST, JavaScript frameworks, HTML+CSS3+Javascript
• 5+ years of experience in database development using Microsoft SQL Server or similar RDBMs and related programming data access technologies (ADO.NET, ORMs, OData)
• 5+ years of experience applying design patterns, methodologies and recognized practices like unit testing, dependency injection, test-driven development, continuous integration and delivery
• 2+ years of experience to architect cloud-based applications using PaaS (Platform as a Service) and IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) offerings from leading vendors such Amazon’s AWS and Microsoft Azure

Additional requirements

• 3 years leadership experience
• Experience with development methodologies including waterfall and agile
• Conduct complex systems analysis and translate user requirements into solutions
• Solid experience with DevOps in a cloud environment, including automation experience, cloud computing and configuration as code
• Deal with all levels of management and staff

We Thought You Might Also Want to Know

We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages; and of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes excellent people to make excellent games, we offer great benefits packages and a culture that excels from creativity and individuality.

Don’t Just Play It – Create It!

It’s not easy building the world’s best digital playground. It’s hair-standing-on-end exhilarating. It’s down-in-the-trenches challenging. It’s stroke-of-brilliance-at-midnight creative. It’s you—taking risks, challenging yourself, pursuing ideas, changing the way millions of people do something they love: play. In an industry that’s changing every day, EA is positioned for growth thanks to smart plans, acquisitions, and most importantly, our creative people around the world who gather each day to unite the world through play. We take that last part very seriously, so if what you’re reading excites you as much as it does us, apply today.

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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.

Days Open: 148

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EEO Employer Verbiage:

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.