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Technical Director - Data Platform

Multiple Locations: Redwood City, CA, USA • Vancouver, BC, Canada • Kitchener, ON, Canada • Austin, TX, USA • Seattle, WA, USA

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Requisition Number: 168272

Position Title: Technical Director I

External Description:

We are looking for a senior technical lead and architect to drive EA’s data platform to the next level. 

Job Duties:  

  • Work closely with cross functional components including Data Platform, Pipelines, Query Engines, Data Ingestion tools, Schedulers, BI tools and Data Infrastructure. 
  • Leverage massive data sets from 20+ game studios, and promote a data driven decision making process, and experimentation culture. 
  • Serve as a domain expert, drive the strategic vision and bring the latest industry experience to the team. 
  • Serve as an engineering architect to drive the technical direction, the architectural decision making and the technical roadmap. 
  • Work with the product managers and customers directly to understand the use cases, come up with solutions and drive the areas of development with the best ROI. 
  • Drive cross organizational collaboration/cooperation, working with data consumers across EA to support the data ecosystem.

Requirements:

  • Master’s degree or foreign degree equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and five (5) years of experience in the job offered or software engineering related occupation.
  • Alternatively, the employer will accept Ph.D. degree or foreign degree equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or software engineering related occupation.

Special Requirements: Position requires three (3) years of experience in each of the following skills:

  • Computer science with strong competencies in algorithms, data structures, and software design.
  • Strong background in large scale data systems with experience in industry leading products used in the data lifecycle.
  • Experience in big data query optimization, metadata systems, scaling, performance and cloud systems
  • Software development experience, including clean reusable code, test-driven development, and continuous integration.
  • Working with databases, including columnar databases, relational databases or document databases.
  • Working with AWS, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Storm, Flink, Presto/Trino, Redshift, Snowflake or other data streaming and processing systems
  • Leading cross functional projects to deliver impactful customer experiences, including close collaboration with product managers, and directly working with end users.

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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: 14

Can this position be remote?: 1

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.

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