Software Engineer
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Requisition Number: 169331
Position Title: Software Engineer III
External Description:
Empowering players to create is an exciting future for the gaming industry. At Electronic Arts we have many examples of players creating content, whether it be a skateboard park in Skate or fantastical mansions in the Sims 4. The future definitely has our players being more empowered to create with their imagination being the only limit.
To enable more players to become creators, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer that will shape the technology that powers creation. If you have experience with building services for user generated content through modern techniques connecting multiple services together we want to hear from you.
You will work with an experienced team that has collectively built and worked on games and backend services for more than two decades. You will work with multiple developers to bring the next game services to life.
We strive to stay relevant and innovate in our development approaches as well as with our services. Many of our software engineers are “polyglots” and strive in multiple environments.
Responsibilities
- Work in partnership with game teams to design shared services
- Develop, launch and maintain high-traffic services for multi-platform AAA titles
- Perform service load testing to identify and resolve bottlenecks
- Work closely with the engineering and DevOps teams on best practices
- Research and integrate new technologies
- Be accountable for the overall health, quality, maintainability and style of the server codebase
Qualifications
- A minimum of 6+ years of technology industry experience
- BS in Computer Science or other relevant experience
- Strong experience with client/server architecture
- Knowledge of HTTP and how to design and interact with RESTful web services
- Expert ability to analyze and interpret technical data
- Expert understanding of throughput, latency, memory and CPU utilization
- Significant development experience with either Kotlin, Java, Go, Node.js
- Experience with source code management (Perforce, Git)
- Effective with public Cloud providers (AWS, GCE, Azure)
- Understanding containers, orchestrators and service mesh technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Envoy, Istio, Linkerd, Jaeger)
- Understanding of various database and their performance characteristics (SQL and NoSQL)
- Experience working with CI/CD technologies
- Passion to investigate and adopt new technologies and practices
- Good written and verbal communication skills
Bonus Skills
- Experience shipping AAA games
- Experience working with PlayStation and Xbox online systems
- Experience with and/or exposure to micro-services
- Experience with and/or with cloud native application development
- Knowledge of gRPC, Protocol buffers and FlatBuffers
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Community / Marketing Title: Software Engineer
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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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: 9
Can this position be remote?: 1
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。