Software Engineer Tools - Contract

Requisition Number: 153178

Position Title: Contingent

External Description:

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 hard work. That’s why we employ the most creative, passionate people in the industry.

Want to help shape the future of online gaming? Want to be a core part of the team leading NBA’s online strategy?  We have the job for you!

The Challenge Ahead

Responsible for implementing, improving, and maintaining stable, high quality server-based experiences and features for the NBA Franchise. The Tools Software Engineer will focus on responding to real-time issues and interfacing closely with the content creators to facilitate the most efficient workflows and releases.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in distributed agile development across multiple teams
• Implement server-side features and fixes as needed to ensure a high quality, fun game environment
• Monitor server health and implement new metrics and techniques to quickly identify problem areas
• React to live server issues (occasionally outside of business hours), fixing or escalating as necessary
• Work closely with the NBA development team to understand the server features, and suggest improvements needed to operate a strong live environment
• Creation or updating of support tools to simplify our content creation and publishing process
• Work closely with NBA production to understand hot issues
• Work directly with both client and server teams to maintain high-traffic services for multi-platform games
• Iterate, design, and implement improvements to live systems and workflows
• Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies and optimize them. 

Required Technical Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent training and professional experience.
• 3+ years of development experience in Agile/Scrum environment
• Professional level proficiency with C# and .NET technologies
• Experience with MySQL, SQL Server, with strong understanding of writing efficient SQL queries
• Extensive Windows experience.
• Multithreaded programming and debugging experience
• Excellent Problem-solving skills.
• Ability to test, debug, and extend other Software Engineer's code competently.
• Knowledge of source code management: Perforce is preferred
• Experience developing on XBoxOne and PS4 Platforms is a plus
• C++ skills preferred

 

 

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Community / Marketing Title: Software Engineer Tools - Contract

Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. 是全球领先的互动娱乐软件公司。 EA 提供适用于联网主机、个人电脑、手机和平板电脑的游戏、内容和在线服务。

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Days Open: 170

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况或退伍军人身份等因素的影响。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。