Senior Server Software Engineer - Maxis

Requisition Number: 158383

Position Title: Sr Software Engineer I

External Description:

Senior Server Engineer

Studio: Maxis

Location: Redwood Shores, CA

Creativity, collaboration, and communication are what make us tick as we prepare ourselves for massive amounts of growth and an incredible amount of fun. We want to engage our players and create the most entertaining life simulation games in the world. Come and see for yourself, the future is here. https://www.ea.com/studios/maxis

We are looking for someone who will design, build, deploy, and run scalable and stable server architectures for connected functionality in our most popular games and our newest unannounced IP. The engineer will work as part of a game team to create and refine game server frameworks and contribute to the design and implementation of launch and post-launch strategies and technologies. 

You will report to the Development Director - Central Online/Web Tech.

As a Server Software Engineer for a game at Maxis, you will: 

• Help design, develop, and run fast, massively scalable, readily available game services all the way from conception to delivery to live service operations
• Work with designers, client engineering, and production teams to achieve gameplay goals that are supported by the service
• Provide solutions that address network latency, reliability, and scalability issues
• Implement security best practices and original techniques to keep user data secure and prevent cheating
• Be held to high quality standards through technical guidance and mentoring
• Create and run automated testing, readiness testing, and deployment plans 
• Monitor the performance and costs of the server infrastructure to drive CI

Qualifications: 

• Worked on at least two live-service games that are in the market now, or 6+ years development of scalable back-end services
• Bachelor/Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• Understand Java Server Environment and familiarity with frameworks such as Guice/Spring
• Deep experience with Cloud services like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud
• Experience designing and managing service fleets based on container technologies (i.e. Docker, Linux-VServer, Kubernetes, Apache Mesos, Docker Swarm, etc) 
• Experience with Database Design and caching and usage of large datasets in both relational (MySQL, Postgres) and NoSQL (Cassandra, Hadoop, DynamoDB etc) environments
• Understand different networking technologies, protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, REST)
• You will be a be part of a live team, with rapid responses to urgent issues

Assets: 

• Experience shipping games built with Unreal or Unity is good to have.
• Experience managing NoSQL services
• Proficiency in Linux, commands, and operating against live environment
• Conscious of server operating costs. Being aware of the cost of running live servers, and eager to provide insights to minimize those expenses
• Experience running scripts and queries against live environment to get data or fix data when needed.

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Community / Marketing Title: Senior Server Software Engineer - Maxis

Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc.は、インタラクティブ・エンターテイメント・ソフトウェアの世界的大手企業です。 EAは、インターネットに接続されたコンソール、パソコン、携帯電話、タブレットに対してゲーム、コンテンツおよびオンラインサービスを提供しています。

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Days Open: 171

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EAは雇用機会を均等に提供します。 雇用に関する決定を下す際は、人種、肌の色、国籍、出身国、出身民族、身体的性別、社会/文化/心理的性別、性別自認または性別表現、性的指向、年齢、遺伝情報、宗教、身体障害、病状、妊娠、婚姻状況、家族状況、軍役経験の有無は考慮されません。 さらにEAでは、身体に障害のある方々のために、適用法令によって定められた職場環境を整えることも行っています。