Senior Software Engineer - Data & AI Platform

Requisition Number: 174238

Position Title: Sr Software Engineer I

External Description:

Senior Software Engineer/Architect – Data & AI

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.

The Challenge Ahead:

The EA Digital Platform Data & AI Group is responsible for developing a unified Big Data pipeline across all game franchises at Electronic Arts.  This platform incorporates data collection, ingestion, processing, access and visualization all built on a modern, cloud based tech stack with best-in-class tools.  The Data  & AI Group provides the tools and platform which powers the future state of game development, marketing, sales, accounting and customer experience including cutting edge, dynamic in-game player experiences powered by extensive real-time game telemetry. 

We are looking for a seasoned software architect who is interested in working on a large scale distributed data system from the ground up for one of the most creative, innovative companies in technology.

What a Sr Software Engineer – Data & AI does at EA:

• Serve as a data system architect and senior engineer, and drive execution of large-scale projects

 

• Help define and build a unified platform across EA, extract and process massive data from spanning 20+ game studios, and leverage the insight to serve massive online requests in a highly efficient manner
• Develop infrastructure software that slice and dice data, using Hadoop and Map/Reduce
• Design and Develop reporting systems that inform on key metrics, detect anomalies, and forecast future results
• Develop complex queries to solve data mining problems
• Develop large scale online platform to personalize player experience and provide reporting and feedbacks
• Write reliable and efficient programs to process and consume massive (petabyte) datasets with large clusters of machines
• Develop both SQL and NoSQL solutions
• Develop batch and real-time processing
• Work closely with data modelers, business data analysts, and BI developers to understand requirements, develop ETL processes, validate results, and deliver to production
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• Drive and conduct research on large scale data systems as needed to help build next generation data platforms.

The next great Sr Software Engineer – Data & AI also needs:

• 5+ years of software development experience, writing clean reusable code, test-driven development, and continuous integration
• Great communication, time-management, and teamwork skills
• Ability to champion the power of and the technologies behind data-driven decision making in an effective manner with game studios and other customers within EA
• Significant experience working with large-scale distributed systems and data platforms/warehouses
• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in algorithms, data structures, and software design
• Extensive experience with MapReduce, Hadoop, Hive, or other NoSQL stacks
• Experience with real-time data pipelines and components such as Kafka, Storm, Spark Streaming.
• Experience with distributed platforms used for machine learning such as Spark.
• Experience developing Experimentation and A/B Testing platforms.
• Fluency with an Object-Oriented language including Java AND/OR C++, and SQL, Python
• Fast prototyping skills, familiarity with scripting languages such as bash, awk, python
• Experience working with columnar analytics databases or relational databases is a plus
• Experience with data modeling and BI tools is a plus
• Self-directed and capable of working effectively in a highly dynamic fast-paced environment
• Mentorship skills to help junior developers achieve their technical and project delivery goals
• Ability to lead virtual team of engineers on key projects
• Must have an advanced degree in Computer Science (or equivalent, PhD preferred) and at least 5 years of professional experience at world class online companies with massive (petabyte) data systems
• Publications at top-tier technical conferences or journals

What's in it for YOU?  Glad you asked!  

We love to brag about our great perks like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, 401k with company match and, of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives off of creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.  

 

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Company Profile:

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Days Open: 63

Can this position be remote?: 0

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부 등의 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.