Software Engineer Co-op

Requisition Number: 169365

Position Title: Intern General

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 and passionate people in the industry.

Save the planet from Alien Invaders. Score the winning touchdown. Yup - It's the coolest job on the planet!

The Challenge Ahead:

Is to build our new cross-game, cross-platform digital economy platform. This large-scale, always-on collection of services will power the virtual-economies of EA's network of games that will be experienced by tens of millions of monthly active users. You'll build platform capabilities handling several hundred-thousand requests per second, and driving the player engagement of many of the industries most popular titles. You will build server-side systems that give new functionality within the larger Digital Platform and work on regular improvements to the systems to keep them at top-notch performance. You will also explore player to player trading with User Generated Content (UGC).

What a Software Engineer Intern does within EADP Marketplace Division at EA:

As a Software Engineer Intern, your primary responsibility will be to work with a team of engineers to plan and build the software design and architecture of our new systems. Most of your time will be spent developing features and optimizing performance and scalability of server systems. You will also spend time working with product managers to innovate new features to support EA's many games and reduce technical debt associated with legacy systems through innovation and automation. Additionally, you will be an advocate for best practices within the engineering team.

Responsibilities:

• Roughly 70% to 85% hands-on coding
• Create and work on large-scale backend services creating new features and updating existing ones
• Build proof of concepts to validate new technologies
• Resolve defects during QA testing, pre-production, production and from the live environment
• Work with multiple clients working on multiple different platforms who use the features you create to complete user facing features
• Architect large portions of the software from features to entire applications

Qualifications:

• Pursuing BS/BA in Computer Science
• Experience developing object oriented software (preferably in Java/Kotlin/Go Lang)
• Experience working on online services (through REST or gRPC) at internet consumer scale
• Experience working on high traffic services and scalable systems
• Experience working with cloud technology and cloud provider services to build SaaS applications
• Use technologies such as memcached, queuing, and NoSQL in production systems
• Superb communication skills: explain technical issues to technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience with the Software design/architecture process
• Superb ability to take high-level direction and know how to accomplish it
• Experience with DevOps, Continuous Delivery, and Agile development
• Experience with unit testing
• Experience developing and creating large-scale distributed applications
• Experience with source control systems
• Familiarity with blockchain technologies
• Experience with load testing and system analysis
• Experience with other languages such as Go, C++ or C#
• Experience working with remote teams

What's in it for you…

• A paid internship
• Game credit perks
• Intern events to connect the EA community

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Community / Marketing Title: Software Engineer Co-op

Company Profile:

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: 249

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.